Dynamical equivalence and the departure-point equation in semi-Lagrangian numerical models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 589 PART C, 2003, Pages 1317-1324

  White, A A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular momentum dynamics; Consistent discretization; Symmetries

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

CONTINUOUS FLUIDS;

METEOROLOGY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037260401     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.87     Document Type: Article

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