Accession Number:

ADA021638

Title:

A Generalized Version of the Fields by Information Blending (FIB) Technique,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION RESEARCH FACILITY (NAVY) MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Maxwell,Byron R.

Report Date:

1976-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

90.0

Abstract:

This report describes a generalized version of the Fields by Information Blending FIB technique for generating a scalar analysis. Several highly successful versions of the FIB were developed for operational use at the Fleet Numerical Weather Central. These versions are restricted to the analysis of a particular variable such as sea level pressure, surface winds, or sea surface temperature on a fixed grid projection such as the FNWC 63 x 63 polar stereographic projection. The generalized version described in the report can be used for the analysis of any scalar variable on a prescribed but variable rectangular domain. The report includes a detailed discussion of the underlying principles of the FIB and a basic evaluation of this generalized version for some selected test cases.

Descriptors:

• *NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• *WEATHER FORECASTING
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• WIND
• CLIMATE
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ATMOSPHERE MODELS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE