The Berlin troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere GCM: Climatology and forcing mechanisms

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 1075-1096

  Langematz, Ulrike ^a   Pawson, Steven ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

General circulation model; Model diagnostics; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GCM; MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0031460010     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54013     Document Type: Article

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