Kinetic Energy Spectra and Model Filters

Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue , 2011, Pages 495-512

  Skamarock, William C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BANDPASS FILTERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EULERIAN MODELS; HIGH-FREQUENCY MODE; IMPORTANT FEATURES; INTEGRATION SCHEME; KINETIC ENERGY SPECTRA; MODELING FILTER; RESOLUTION CAPABILITY; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 85028881210     PISSN: 14397358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11640-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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