A generalized thermal wind equation and some non-separable exact solutions of the flow equations for three-dimensional spherical atmospheres

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 636, 2008, Pages 1931-1939

  White, A A ^a   Staniforth, A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Euler equations; Model validation

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AXISYMMETRIC FLOWS; COMPATIBILITY CONDITIONS; CYCLOSTROPHIC BALANCES; EXACT SOLUTIONS; FLOW EQUATIONS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETER FUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; ZONAL FLOWS;

EULER EQUATIONS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND FIELD; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 57349160806     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.323     Document Type: Article

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