Atmosphere-ocean modeling exploiting fluid isomorphisms

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2882-2894

  Marshall, John ^a   Adcroft, Alistair ^a   Campin, Jean Michel ^a   Hill, Chris ^a   White, Andy ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MODELING; FLUID ISOMORPHISMS; HYDRODYNAMICAL KERNEL; HYDROSTATIC EQUATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 11844251335     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2835.1     Document Type: Article

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