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In this first chapter of Part III, we present the basic equations for an atmospheric general circulation model. We consider the model governed by primitive equations on a sphere in s-coordinates. Primitive equations have already been described in Chapter 3. Here, we summarize these equations in spherical coordinates for convenience of numerical discretization in the following chapters.
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Satoh, M. (2014). Basic equations of hydrostatic general circulation models. In: Atmospheric Circulation Dynamics and General Circulation Models. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13574-3_20
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