A low mach number model for moist atmospheric flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1605-1620

  Duarte, Max ^a   Almgren, Ann S ^a   Bell, John B ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Model comparison; Nonhydrostatic models; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; WATER VAPOR;

DIVERGENCE CONSTRAINT; LOW MACH NUMBER APPROXIMATIONS; MODEL COMPARISON; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; RATE OF PHASE CHANGE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

MACH NUMBER;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84937529613     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0248.1     Document Type: Article

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