Impact of orographically induced gravity-wave drag in the GLA GCM

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 532, 1996, Pages 903-927

  Zhou, Jiayu ^a   Sud, Y C ^a   Lau, K M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Extended range forecasting; Gravity wave drag; Systematic errors; Upper boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GCM; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; OROGRAPHY;

EID: 0030465294     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53205     Document Type: Article

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