An oblate-spheroid geopotential approximation for global meteorology

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 678, 2014, Pages 170-184

  Benard P ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Apparent gravity; Geoid; Geometry; Global meteorology; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GEOMETRY; METEOROLOGY; SPHERES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

APPARENT GRAVITY; GEOID; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; ORTHOGONAL COORDINATES; SPHERICAL GEOPOTENTIAL APPROXIMATIONS; SPHEROID; SPHEROIDAL COORDINATE SYSTEM;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 84922787782     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2141     Document Type: Article

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