Using 3D finite volume for the pressure-gradient force in atmospheric models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 669, 2012, Pages 2126-2135

  Bradley, M E ^a   Dowling, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubed sphere grid; Green Gauss method; Truncation error

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CONVEX QUADRILATERALS; CUBED-SPHERE GRID; FINITE-VOLUME; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIALS; GREEN-GAUSS METHOD; RUNTIMES; SURFACE FORCES; TRUNCATION ERRORS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VERTICAL COORDINATES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84871636449     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1929     Document Type: Article

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