Contour-advective semi-Lagrangian algorithms for many-layer primitive-equation models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 596 PART A, 2004, Pages 347-364

  Mohebalhojeh, A R ^a   Dritschel, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Gravity waves; Hybrid algorithm; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DAMPING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

DIABETIC EFFECTS; ROSSBY POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); FLOW BYES; HYBRID ALGORITHMS; LAYER THICKNESS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; PSEUDO-SPECTRAL ALGORITHMS; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; VORTICAL FLOWS;

METEOROLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; GRAVITY WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE DAMPING;

EID: 0442296832     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.49     Document Type: Article

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