Fibonacci grids: A novel approach to global modelling

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 619, 2006, Pages 1769-1793

  Swinbank, Richard ^a   Purser, R James ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modelling; Global grids

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FIBONACCI GRIDS; GLOBAL GRIDS; SHALLOW-WATER FRAMEWORKS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33750110447     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.227     Document Type: Article

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