| Abstract: | The problem of accuracy in propagating inertia‐gravity waves on Arakawa grids is investigated. It is shown that the sole analysis of spatial discretization and the recommendation of the B‐grid for coarse resolution models and C‐grid for high resolution models must be re‐analysed when time discretization is taken into account as well. For a chosen time discretization, a coarse C‐grid is shown for example, to increase precision when using larger time‐steps (up to the stability limit) whereas the precision of the B‐grid decreases. Here, an analysis of error for different grids in function of the space–time resolutions and computational costs is presented and some recommendations on the choice of the particular staggered grid for a given application are outlined. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
