Impact of semi-Lagrangian trajectories on the discrete normal modes of a non-hydrostatic vertical-column model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 605, 2005, Pages 93-108

  Cordero, Elisabetta ^a   Wood, Nigel ^a   Staniforth, Andrew ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic modes; Displacement computation; Numerical stability

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYDROSTATICS; STABILUTY PROPERTIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

TRAJECTORIES;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 23044480252     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04/34     Document Type: Article

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