A Semi-implicit Semi-Lagrangian Scheme Using the Height Coordinate for a Nonhydrostatic and Fully Elastic Model of Atmospheric Flows

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 186-213

  Bonaventura, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Height coordinate; Mesoscale models; Semi implicit; Semi Lagrangian; Stratified flows over complex orography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; ELASTIC MODELS; HEIGHT COORDINATE; MESO-SCALE MODELING; NON-HYDROSTATIC; SEMI-IMPLICIT; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN SCHEME; STRATIFIED FLOW OVER COMPLEX OROGRAPHY; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0001015141     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6414     Document Type: Article

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