An analysis of Klemp-Wilhelmson schemes as applied to large-scale wave modes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4730-4745

  Viner, Kevin C ^a   Epifanio, Craig C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR LEVELS; GLOBAL MODELING; HYDROSTATIC BALANCES; MODE SPLITTING; MODERATE VALUES; ROSSBY WAVE PROPAGATION; RUNGE-KUTTA; SPLITTING ERRORS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THIRD ORDERS; TIME STEPS; TIME-SPLITTING; VERTICAL STRATIFICATIONS; WAVE MODES;

ERRORS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TIME SERIES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 64149104128     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2200.1     Document Type: Article

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