Kinetic energy spectrum of horizontal motions in middle-atmosphere models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D22, 1999, Pages 27177-27190

  Koshyk, John N ^a   Boville, Byron A ^b   Hamilton, Kevin ^c,f   Manzini, Elisa ^d   Shibata, Kiyotaka ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SPECTRA;

EID: 0033610961     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jd900814     Document Type: Article

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