A global semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian shallow-water model on locally refined grids

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-65

  Barros, Saulo R M ^a   Garcia, Claudia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER;

GLOBAL UNIFORM COARSER GRID; SHALLOW-WATER MODEL; VARIABLE-RESOLUTION GRID;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; SHALLOW WATER;

ALGORITHM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 1842587755     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0053:AGSSSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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