Semi-implicit time-integrators for a scalable spectral element atmospheric model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 610 B, 2005, Pages 2431-2454

  Giraldo, Francis X ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward difference formula; Hexahedral; Hydrostatic; Icosahedral; Leapfrog; Primitive equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VECTORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BACKWARD DIFFERENCE FORMULA; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 27144503810     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.218     Document Type: Article

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