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A primitive equation spectral model has been successfully integrated for five days starting with the initial data of 26 February 1982. The geopotential heights and wind strengths are well predicted up to day 3. The 24-hour accumulated precipitation of the model reasonably agrees only up to two days, with the observed rainfall under the influence of western disturbance that prevailed over Afghanistan, Pakistan and north India till 3 March 1982. For one day global integration of the model, the CPU time requirement in Cyber 170/730 is about one hour.
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Dash, S.K., Chakrapani, B. Simulation of a winter circulation over India using a global spectral model. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 98, 189–205 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02863244
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