Map Projections and Grid Systems for Meteorological Applications

Application of the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) to Aircraft Flight Simulation

“…The detail derivation for Eqns. (4) and (5) can be found in [9]. Given the geocentric coordinates (φ , λ ), we define the polar angle,…”

Description of the Battlescale Forecast Model

“…The following GSM products on the whole-mesh grid (unit grid space is 381 km at 60° N or S and a function of latitude [2]) on six constant pressure levels (200, 300, 500, 700, 850, and 1000 mb) are used: …”

Advanced Geophysical Environmental Simulation Techniques

“…At this point in the processing chain output products are no longer provided at the individual pixel level, but represent statistical values accumulated over 16 th mesh grid cells (see Hoke et al, 1981 for a description of the AFGWC polar stereographic map projection standard). Up to four cloud layers are identified for each grid cell.…”