Numerical Algorithms for ESM: State of the Art

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Abstract

Numerical simulation of geophysical flows has been historically one of the earliest instances in which the power of electronic computers was employed successfully to the quantitative prediction of natural phenomena. Initially, the main focus was indeed on numerical weather forecasting, for which the ideas of Richardson had already provided an appropriate conceptual framework, that was subsequently strengthened by the analyses and the numerical simulations of Charney and von Neumann.

Keywords

Ocean Model Finite Volume Method Numerical Weather Prediction Spectral Coefficient Spherical Harmonic Function 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.MOX-Dipartimento di MatematicaPolitecnico di MilanoMilanoItaly
  2. 2.Institut für MeereskundeUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany

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