Abstract
Nonhydrostatic models were initially developed as research tools for small scale meteorological phenomena. Today, several nonhydrostatic models have been developed and applied to numerical simulations and operational numerical weather prediction (NWP). In this chapter, we review the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) nonhydrostatic model (JMA-NHM, hereafter referred to as NHM) and its applications to operational forecasts and research fields. Section 2 presents a brief history of the model development from a research tool to a full-scale NWP model. In section 3, we review applications of the model to several research fields of various time/spatial scales from tornado to regional climate modelling, and mesoscale data assimilation and ensemble prediction studies. Section 4 introduces ongoing relevant topics including the Japanese next generation supercomputer project.
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