Improvement in stratosphere simulation with a hybrid σ-θ coordinate GCM

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 543, 1997, Pages 2095-2113

  Zhu, Z ^a   Schneider, E K ^a  

^a Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation model; Middle atmosphere; Numerical techniques; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION MODEL; STRATOSPHERE;

GCM; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0031402846     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712354315     Document Type: Article

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