1. Introductory comments — Special issue on meso-alpha scale, numerical techniques and models

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. The second order adjoint analysis: Theory and applications

   • Zhi Wang
   • I. M. Navon
   • X. Zou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 20

3. Initialization of cloud water in a numerical weather prediction model

   • J. E. Kristjánsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

4. An isentropic vertical coordinate model: Design and application to atmospheric frontogenesis studies

   • A. Arakawa
   • C. R. Mechoso
   • C. S. Konor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 45

5. On the impact on forecast accuracy of the step-mountain (eta) vs. sigma coordinate

   • Fedor Mesinger
   • Thomas L. Black

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 60

6. A comparative study of the performance of various vertical discretization schemes

   • L. M. Leslie
   • R. J. Purser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 73

7. A spectral fully compressible nonhydrostatic mesoscale model in hydrostatic sigma coordinates: Formulation and preliminary results

   • Hann-Ming H. Juang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 88

8. An efficient non-hydrostatic forecast model

   • B. W. Golding

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 103

9. Recurvature dynamics of a typhoon

   • T. N. Krishnamurti
   • H. S. Bedi
   • G. Rohaly

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 126

10. Tropical storm motion and structure in a fine mesh primitive equation model

    • M. B. Mathur

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 142

11. High-resolution numerical modelling of convective precipitation over Northern Italy

    • T. Paccagnella
    • S. Tibaldi
    • S. Scoccianti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 163