AbstractsComputer Science
An evaluation of the behaviour of planetary waves in an atmospheric model based on spherical harmonics.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Meteorology. |
| Degree: | PhD |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Keywords: | Meteorology. |
| Record ID: | 1499274 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118116.pdf |
Abstract
The grid point method commonly used in numerical calculations presents serious problems in experiments that require a global coverage of the meteorological variables. The shape of the earth and the form taken by the meteorological equations in a system where longitude and latitude are the basic coordinates, suggest the use of spherical harmonics for the horizontal specification of the variables. [...]
