Dependence of aqua-planet simulations on time step

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 591 PART B, 2003, Pages 2049-2064

  Williamson, David L ^a   Olson, Jerry G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulerian; Parametrization; Precipitation; Semi Lagrangian

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HEATING; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VAPORS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037670504     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.62     Document Type: Article

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