Conservation and linear Rossby-mode dispersion on the spherical C grid

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 641-653

  Thuburn, John ^a   Staniforth, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; LINEAR ROSSBY-MODE DISPERSION;

WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CORIOLIS FORCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 1542470517     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0641:CALRDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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