The structure and predictability of the 'high-latitude mode' in the CSIRO9 general circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3859-3873

  Kidson, John W ^a   Watterson, Ian G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM);

WIND;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0033570557     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3859:TSAPOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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