Numerical uncertainties in the simulation of reversible isentropic processes and entropy conservation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3860-3884

  Johnson, D R ^a   Lenzen, A J ^a   Zapotocny, T H ^a   Schaack, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; GRAVITATION; HYDROLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION; ISENTROPIC PROCESSES; WATER VAPOR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENTROPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034319078     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3860:NUITSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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