Open AccessDerivation of the Equations of Atmospheric Motion in Oblate Spheroidal Coordinates
Author(s) -
W. Lawrence Gates
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the atmospheric sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.853
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1520-0469
pISSN - 0022-4928
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<2478:doteoa>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - prolate spheroidal coordinates , physics , bipolar coordinates , equations of motion , curvilinear coordinates , spherical coordinate system , classical mechanics , orthogonal coordinates , spherical harmonics , gravitational potential , coordinate system , hydrostatic equilibrium , generalized coordinates , gravitation , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics