This article reviews the development of a global non-hydrostatic model, focusing on the pioneering research of the Non-hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM). Very high resolution global atmospheric circulation simulations with horizontal mesh spacing of approximately O (km) were conducted using recently developed supercomputers. These types of simulations were conducted with a specifically designed atmospheric global model based on a quasi-uniform grid mesh structure and a non-hydrostatic equation system. This review describes the development of each dynamical and physical component of NICAM, the assimilation strategy and its related models, and provides a scientific overview of NICAM studies conducted to date.
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Satoh, M., Tomita, H., Yashiro, H., Miura, H., Kodama, C., Seiki, T., … Kubokawa, H. (2014, December 1). The Non-hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model: description and development. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-014-0018-1
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