The impact of the height of the model top on the simulation of tropospheric stationary waves

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 554, 1999, Pages 677-695

  Ruosteenoja, Kimmo ^a  

^a Department of Meteorology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Model top; Sponge layer; Stationary waves; Wave activity flux

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032966820     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55414     Document Type: Article

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