Treatment of vector equations in deep-atmosphere, semi-lagrangian models. I: Momentum equation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 647, 2010, Pages 497-506

  Staniforth, A ^a   White, A A ^a   Wood, N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non euclidean effects; Orthogonal curvilinear systems; Rotation matrix; Shallow atmosphere approximation; Spheroidal coordinates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE MODELS; EULERIAN; EXPLICIT FORM; GREAT CIRCLE; IDENTITY MATRICES; MERIDIONAL PLANES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NON-EUCLIDEAN; ROTATION MATRICES; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN METHODS; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN MODELS; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; SPHEROIDAL COORDINATES; TIME STEP; UNIT VECTORS; VECTOR COMPONENTS; VECTOR EQUATION; VECTOR MOMENTUM EQUATION;

FACTORIZATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SPHERES; VECTORS;

ROTATION;

COORDINATE; EQUATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77949390977     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.562     Document Type: Article

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