Representation errors in various grid and spectral truncations for a symmetric feature on the sphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 529, 1996, Pages 253-265

  Naughton, Michael ^a   Courtier, Philippe ^b   Bourke, William ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaussian grids; Numerical errors; Rhomboidal truncation; Spectral models; Triangular truncation

Indexed keywords

ERROR; GAUSSIAN LATITUDE GRID; GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODELLING;

EID: 0029731483     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.52909     Document Type: Article

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