A double fourier series (DFS) dynamical core in a global atmospheric model with full physics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3052-3061

  Park, Hoon ^a   Hong, Song You ^a   Koo, Myung Seo ^a   Cheong, Hyeong Bin ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DOUBLE FOURIER SERIES; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; INTEGRATED MODELING SYSTEM; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; THEORETICAL VALUES;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER COMPUTING; FOURIER SERIES; SPECTROSCOPY;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 84882612828     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00270.1     Document Type: Article

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