The two-day wave in a middle atmosphere GCM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2113-2116

  Norton, W A ^a   Thuburn, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; DRAG; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY;

GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSPHERE; TWO DAY WAVE; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GCM; MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TWO DAY WAVE;

EID: 0030207032     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01956     Document Type: Article

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