The contour-advective semi-lagrangian algorithm for the shallow water equations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1551-1565

  Dritschel, David G ^a   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^b   Mohebalhojeh, Ali R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; VORTICITY;

ALGORITHM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; VORTICITY;

EID: 0032730529     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1551:TCASLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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