The ZM grid: An alternative to the Z grid

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1411-1422

  Ringler, Todd D ^a   Randall, David A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; WAVES;

OCEAN MODELING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIVERGENCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; VORTICITY;

EID: 0036566065     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1411:TZGAAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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