The potential vorticity budget of an atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 550-563

  Koshyk, J N ^a,b   Mcfarlane, N A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; LATENT HEAT; MOIST CONVECTION; VORTICITY BUDGET;

EID: 0030470933     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0550:TPVBOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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