Nonhydrostatic, full compressible hydrothermodynamical equations in advection form. Subtraction of a hydrostatic base state at rest
Prognostic variables
Horizontal and vertical Cartesian wind components, pressure perturbation, temperature, specific humidity, and cloud water content. Optionally: cloud ice content, turbulent kinetic energy, specific water content of rain, snow, and graupel
Coordinate system
Generalized terrain-following height coordinate with rotated geographical coordinates and user defined grid stretching in the vertical