Spheroidal coordinate systems for modelling global atmospheres

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 630, 2008, Pages 261-270

  White, Andy A ^a   Staniforth, A ^a   Wood, N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent gravity; Geopotential surfaces; Oblate spheroidal coordinates; Orthogonal curvilinear systems; Spherical geopotential approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAVITATION;

GEOPOTENTIAL SURFACE; NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION; OBLATE SPHEROIDAL COORDINATES; ORTHOGONAL CURVILINEAR COORDINATE SYSTEM;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COORDINATE; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVITY FIELD; INSTRUMENTATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPHERE;

EID: 41949088988     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.208     Document Type: Article

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