Double fourier series on a sphere: Applications to elliptic and vorticity equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 327-349

  Cheong, Hyeong Bin ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double fourier series; Elliptic equation; Poisson equation; Spectral method; Spherical harmonics filter; Vorticity equation

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; POISSON EQUATION; SPHERES; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DOUBLE FOURIER SERIES; ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; HARMONIC FILTER; ORTHOGONAL BASIS FUNCTION; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SPECTRAL METHODS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; SPHERICAL-HARMONIC FILTER; VORTICITY EQUATION;

POLES;

EID: 0000027297     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6385     Document Type: Article

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