Performance of the cut-cell method of representing orography in idealized simulations

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Good, Beth ^a   Gadian, Alan ^a   Lock, Sarah Jane ^b   Ross, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cut cell; Finite volume; High resolution; Idealized simulations; Numerical methods; Orography

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUBBLE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN;

EID: 84892689494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.465     Document Type: Article

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