An efficient and accurate method of continuous time interpolation of large-scale atmospheric fields

Abstract

A method for time interpolation based on the climatological speed of large-scale atmospheric waves that is empirically determined is proposed. When tested on a 7-yr dataset this method is found to be easy to use, has good accuracy, and is, in fact, considerably more accurate than the much used linear time interpolation. The gain in accuracy is particularly large for mobile synoptic waves. Several applications of a time-continuous description of the atmosphere are discussed.