Four-dimensional tensor equations for a classical fluid in an external gravitational field

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 680, 2014, Pages 908-916

  Charron, Martin ^a   Zadra, Ayrton ^a   Girard, Claude ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

4D tensors; Classical fluids; Time varying curvilinear coordinate systems

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHRISTOFFEL SYMBOLS; CLASSICAL FLUIDS; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CURVILINEAR COORDINATE SYSTEMS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; SPATIAL COORDINATES; TIME-DEPENDENT TRANSFORMATION; WEATHER FORECASTING MODEL;

TENSORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GRAVITY FIELD; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA;

EID: 84899479274     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2185     Document Type: Article

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