Stochastic subgrid-scale modelling for non-equilibrium geophysical flows

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1910, 2010, Pages 145-160

  Zldikheri, Meelis J ^a   Frederiksen, Jorgen S ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eddies; Mesoscale; Ocean; Parametrizations; Stochastic; Subgrid

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; GEOPHYSICS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CLOSURE THEORY; COMPLEX MODEL; COVARIANCE MATRICES; GENERALIZED LANGEVIN EQUATION; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STOCHASTIC FORCING; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; SUB-GRIDS; SUBGRID MODEL; SUBGRID SCALE; SUBGRID-SCALE MODELLING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 73849107144     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0192     Document Type: Article

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