A quasi-spheroidal system for modelling global atmospheres: Geodetic coordinates

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 662, 2012, Pages 27-33

  White, A A ^a   Inverarity, G W ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent gravity; Figure of the Earth; Spherical geopotential approximation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION; APPARENT GRAVITY; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; GEODETIC COORDINATE SYSTEM; GEODETIC COORDINATES; GEOPOTENTIALS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OBLATE SPHEROID; SATELLITE GEODESY; SPHEROIDAL COORDINATE SYSTEM;

AIR NAVIGATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; SURVEYING;

GEODESY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODESY; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVITY; LATITUDE; MODELING; SPHERE;

EID: 84860414009     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.885     Document Type: Article

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