Some numerical properties of approaches to physics-dynamics coupling for NWP

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 614, 2006, Pages 27-42

  Dubal, Mark ^a   Wood, Nigel ^a   Staniforth, Andrew ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Parallel split coupling; Physics parametrizations; Predictor corrector; Sequential split coupling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PHYSICS-DYNAMICS COUPLING; PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR COUPLING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; COUPLING; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33644607580     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.49     Document Type: Article

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