A very high resolution general circulation model simulation of the global circulation in austral winter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1107-1116

  Jones, Philip W ^a   Hamilton, Kevin ^b,c   Wilson, R John ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; AUSTRAL WINTER; GCM; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SKYHI; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE DRAG;

EID: 0031460935     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1107:AVHRGC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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