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The SL-AV atmospheric model version using hybrid vertical coordinates combies the advantages of sigma and isobaric coordinates. The formulation and discretization of model equations maintain the equivalency of the new model version to the basic sigma version in the special case, when hybrid coordinates coincide with sigma coordinates. The SL-AV model version with hybrid vertical coordinate is verified with medium-range weather forecasts. The decrease in the errors of predicted geopotential height and wind as compared to the sigma model version is demonstrated. The use of hybrid coordinates also leads to a certain increase in forecast skill scores for some meteorological parameters characterizing aviation significant weather.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Shashkin, M.A. Tolstykh, A.R. Ivanova, E.N. Skriptunova, 2017, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2017, No. 9, pp. 24–35.
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Shashkin, V.V., Tolstykh, M.A., Ivanova, A.R. et al. SL-AV atmospheric model version using σ-p hybrid vertical coordinates. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 42, 554–563 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373917090023
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