Numerically converged solutions of the global primitive equations for testing the dynamical core of atmospheric GCMs

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2539-2552

  Polvani, L M ^a,b   Scott, R K ^a   Thomas, S J ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b National Center for Atmospheric Res ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE; PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERICS;

CONVERGENCE; EQUATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 8744240583     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2788.1     Document Type: Review

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