Application of the Semi-Lagrangian Inherently Conserving and Efficient (SLICE) transport method to divergent flows on a C grid

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4850-4866

  Mahidjiba, Ahmed ^a,b   Qaddouri, Abdessamad ^b   Côte, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTESIAN COORDINATES; DIVERGENT FLOWS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MULTISCALE MODELS; LOCAL CONSERVATIONS; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; TOTAL MASS; TRANSPORT METHODS; VALIDATION RESULTS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

RANDOM ERRORS;

ALGORITHM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 64149103611     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2307.1     Document Type: Article

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