A dynamical core with double Fourier series: Comparison with the spherical harmonics method

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1299-1315

  Cheong, Hyeong Bin ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

DOUBLE FOURIER SERIES; HYDROSTATIC BALANCE APPROXIMATION; SIGMA COORDINATE SYSTEM; SPHERICAL HARMONICS METHOD;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33646458244     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3121.1     Document Type: Article

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