A consistent time-split numerical scheme applied to the nonhydrostatic compressible equations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-36

  Gassmann, Almut ^a   Herzog, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; STEADY FLOW;

GERMAN WEATHER SERVICE; KLEMP-DURRAN-BOUGEAULT RADIATIVE UPPER BOUNDARY CONDITION; NONHYDROSTATIC COMPRESSIBLE EQUATIONS; TWO-TIME-LEVEL SPLIT EXPLICIT TIME SCHEME;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33846681208     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3275.1     Document Type: Article

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