A comparison of numerical solutions to the Eady frontogenesis problem

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 637, 2008, Pages 2143-2155

  Cullen, Mike J P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discontinuous solutions; Eady problem; Frontogenesis; Monotone interpolation; Semi geostrophic

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DISCONTINUOUS SOLUTIONS; EADY PROBLEM; FRONTOGENESIS; MONOTONE INTERPOLATION; SEMI-GEOSTROPHIC;

EULER EQUATIONS;

ADVECTION; AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EULER FLOW; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FRONTOGENESIS; INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; ROSSBY NUMBER;

EID: 58049213937     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.335     Document Type: Article

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