The tangent linear model for semi-Lagrangian schemes: Linearizing the process of interpolation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-95

  Polavarapu, Saroja ^a   Tanguay, Monique ^a   Ménard, Richard ^b,c   Staniforth, Andrew ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 DVAR; FLOW MODELLING; INITIAL STATE ASSIMILATION; INTERPOLATION; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN SCHEMES; SEMILANGRANGIAN TIME INTEGRATION; TANGENT LINEAR MODEL;

EID: 0029768963     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i1.11633     Document Type: Article

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