A global hexagonal C-grid non-hydrostatic dynamical core (ICON-IAP) designed for energetic consistency

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 670, 2013, Pages 152-175

  Gassmann, Almut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global atmospheric modelling; Hexagonal C grid; Lorenz energy cycle

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS; BAROCLINIC WAVES; CONSERVATION PROPERTIES; DISSIPATIVE HEATING; DYNAMICAL CORE; ENERGY CYCLE; HEXAGONAL C-GRID; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; POISSON BRACKETS; PRODUCT RULE; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; TIME-INTEGRATION SCHEME; TIME-SCALES; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VORONOI;

GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC WAVE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84873302432     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1960     Document Type: Article

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