Sub-gridscale parametrization from the perspective of a computer games animator

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Shutts, Glenn ^a   Allen, Thomas ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animation; Cellular automaton; Computer games; Convection; Parametrization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CORRELATION; DRAG; PARAMETERIZATION; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38749118257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.157     Document Type: Article

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