A comparison of semi-Lagrangian and Eulerian tropical climate simulations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1001-1012

  Williamson, David L ^a   Olson, Jerry G ^a   Boville, Byron A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; EULERIAN MODEL; SEMI LAGRANGIAN MODEL; TROPICS; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0031697787     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1001:ACOSLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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