Unsteady exact solutions of the flow equations for three-dimensional spherical atmospheres

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 635, 2008, Pages 1615-1626

  Staniforth, Andrew ^a   White, A A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Euler equations; Model validation; Shallow water solutions

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANTHANUM; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; ROTATION; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

3D EULER EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS; COORDINATE FRAMES; CORIOLIS TERMS; EXACT SOLUTIONS; FLOW EQUATIONS; FORCING TERMS; FREE SURFACE HEIGHTS; GEOPOTENTIAL; HYDROSTATIC APPROXIMATIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; INERTIAL SPACES; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROTATING COORDINATE SYSTEMS; ROTATING COORDINATES; SHALLOW-WATER SOLUTIONS; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; SYMMETRY AXES; WATER EQUATIONS; WATER SOLUTIONS;

EULER EQUATIONS;

EULER FLOW; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOPOTENTIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 57349143528     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.300     Document Type: Article

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