A comparison of climate simulations from a semi-Lagrangian and an Eulerian GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1126-1149

  Chen, Minghang ^a,b,d   Bates, J Ray ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Data Assimilation Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIMULATION; EULERIAN MODEL; GCM; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; WEATHER PREDICTION;

EID: 0030425270     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1126:ACOCSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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