Momentum, Vorticity and Transport: Considerations in the Design of a Finite-Volume Dynamical Core

Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-183

  Ringler, Todd D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAGRANGIAN FRAMES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; VORTICITY DYNAMICS;

VORTICITY;

EID: 84988707375     PISSN: 14397358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11640-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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