Simulation of the quasi-biennial oscillation in a general circulation model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1307-1310

  Takahashi, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OSCILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENTS; DAMPING TERMS; DAMPING TIME; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL DIFFUSIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STANDARD VALUES;

DAMPING; GRAVITY WAVES;

MOIST CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENT; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ZONAL WIND OSCILLATION;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0033134291     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900188     Document Type: Article

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