Some Numerical Aspects of Developing an Operational Primitive-Equation Model for the Tropics.

Abstract

A barotropic primitive equation model on a global tropical grid using operational read data is used to test various boundary conditions and methods of initialization including numerical variational analysis. Comparisons of forecast accuracy are made between staggered and non-staggered grids. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0743729

Entities

People

  • Rodger Alfred Langland

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Equations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)