Implementation of a non-hydrostatic, adaptive-grid dynamics core in CAM3. Part I: Comparison of dynamics cores in aqua-planet simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 795-810

  Abiodun, Babatunde J ^a,b   Prusa, Joseph M ^c   Gutowski Jr , William J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c Teraflux Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive grid; Aqua planet; Community Atmospheric Model; Non hydrostatic; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EULER FLOW; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 54949154552     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0381-y     Document Type: Article

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