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Sigma Coordinates

Sigma Coordinates is a terrain-following vertical coordinate system in atmospheric modeling that transforms the vertical dimension into a dimensionless pressure-based variable to facilitate the representation of fluid dynamics over variable topography within the framework of the primitive equations.

90

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6.2K

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228

Authors

96

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2017–2026

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Sigma-coordinate System

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Publications

90

An Energy and Angular-Momentum Conserving Vertical Finite-Difference Scheme and Hybrid Vertical Coordinates

A. J. Simmons, D. M. Burridge · Monthly Weather Review · 1981 · 781 citations · Full text

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The Step-Mountain Coordinate: Model Description and Performance for Cases of Alpine Lee Cyclogenesis and for a Case of an Appalachian Redevelopment

Fedor Mesinger, Zavisă Janjić, Slobodan Ničković et al. · Monthly Weather Review · 1988 · 457 citations

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The Pressure Gradient Conundrum of Sigma Coordinate Ocean Models

George L. Mellor, Tal Ezer, L-Y. Oey · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology · 1994 · 389 citations · Full text

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A New Terrain-Following Vertical Coordinate Formulation for Atmospheric Prediction Models

Christoph Schär, Daniel Leuenberger, Oliver Fuhrer et al. · Monthly Weather Review · 2002 · 311 citations · Full text

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Vertical Differencing of the Primitive Equations in Sigma Coordinates

Akio Arakawa, Max J. Suárez · Monthly Weather Review · 1983 · 261 citations · Full text

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Authors

228

  1. BB
    Bernard Barnier

    Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, France

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  2. FA
    Francis Auclair

    Laboratoire d'Aérologie, France

    4 publications · 335 citations

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  3. PM
    Patrick Marsaleix

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 335 citations

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  4. CE
    Claude Estournel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 335 citations

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  5. FM
    Fedor Mesinger

    University of Belgrade, Serbia

    3 publications · 582 citations

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Institutions

96

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    2K citations

  2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    24 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    360 citations

  4. Laboratoire d'Aérologie

    Toulouse, France

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    147 citations

  6. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    126 citations

  7. National Institute of Meteorology

    Tunis, Tunisia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    85 citations

  8. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    251 citations

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  1. Monthly Weather Review

    23 publications · 2.9K citations

    18

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  2. Ocean Modelling

    5 publications · 334 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 258 citations

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  4. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

    4 publications · 645 citations

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