Semi-Lagrangian advection scheme with controlled damping: An alternative to nonlinear horizontal diffusion in a numerical weather prediction model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 523-537

  Váňa, Filip ^a   Bénard, Pierre ^b   Geleyna, Jean François ^a   Simon, André ^c   Seity, Yann ^b  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aladin; Interpolation; Numerical diffusion

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIFFUSION FILTERING; NONLINEAR HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN ADVECTION SCHEME;

ADVECTION;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 44349187263     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.220     Document Type: Article

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