NCAR Summer School, 13 August 2008
Regional Climate Models
Numerical solutions
¥Definition of a derivative:
¥This suggests a method for solving the equations:
¥define space and time at discrete points x, t
¥distance between points or times is Dx or Dt
¥approximate derivatives in the governing equations as finite differences Dy/Dx or Dy/Dt
¥(another method fits harmonic functions and/or polynomials in space)