The implementation of the finite-volume dynamical core in the community atmosphere model

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 203, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 387-396

  Sawyer, William B ^a,b   Mirin, Arthur A ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Finite volume methods; Parallel computing; Primitive equations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 33947648516     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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