Dissipative heating in climate models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 564, 2000, Pages 925-939

  Fiedler, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Dissipative heating; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DISSIPATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WARMING;

EID: 0034068654     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56407     Document Type: Article

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