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Horizontal resolution <strong>in</strong>crease planned for early <strong>2016</strong><br />

HRES ENS Leg 1 ENS Leg 2<br />

Resolution <strong>in</strong>crease achieved by:<br />

64 km<br />

32 km<br />

T L 639<br />

N320<br />

T L 319<br />

N160<br />

T CO 319<br />

O320<br />

• represent<strong>in</strong>g the shortest wave by<br />

four (“cubic”) <strong>in</strong>stead of two<br />

(“l<strong>in</strong>ear”) grid po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />

(T L →T C )<br />

• Us<strong>in</strong>g the octahedral grid<br />

(T C → T CO , N → O)<br />

16 km<br />

T L 1279<br />

N640<br />

T CO 639<br />

O640<br />

T L xxx<br />

spectral l<strong>in</strong>ear<br />

8 km<br />

T CO 1279<br />

O1280<br />

T CO xxx<br />

Nxxx<br />

Oxxx<br />

spectral cubic octahedral<br />

orig<strong>in</strong>al reduced Gaussian<br />

octahedral reduced Gaussian<br />

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS<br />

Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 29, 2014<br />

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