Two dynamical core formulation flaws exposed by a baroclinic instability test case

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 790-796

  Williamson, David L ^a   Olson, Jerry G ^a   Jablonowski, Christiane ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC WAVES; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; DYNAMICAL CORE; MULTIPLICATIVE CONSTANTS; POSTERIORI; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TEST CASE; TIME STEP; TOTAL ENERGY; UNIT VECTORS; VECTOR WIND; ZONAL FLOWS; ZONAL WIND;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 68249158190     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2587.1     Document Type: Article

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