The Berlin troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere GCM: Sensitivity to physical parametrizations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 548, 1998, Pages 1343-1371

  Pawson, Steven ^a,c   Langematz, Ulrike ^a   Radek, Gerd ^a   Schlese, Ulrich ^b   Strauch, Peter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity wave drag; Middle atmosphere; Radiation; Rayleigh friction; Troposphere stratosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

GCM; MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031707551     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54815     Document Type: Article

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