The structure of precipitation fronts for finite relaxation time

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 377-404

  Stechmann, Samuel N ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic free boundary problems; Moisture; Nonlinear relaxation equations; Tropical atmospheric dynamics; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HYPERBOLIC FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR RELAXATION EQUATIONS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; MOISTURE; NONLINEARITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33750179411     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: 14322250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-006-0014-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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