A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model-implementation and simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1767-1796

  Zeng, Ning ^a   Neelin, J David ^a   Chou, Chia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GALERKIN METHODS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; WIND;

LINEARIZED LONGWAVE RADIATION; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM TROPICAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034210314     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1767:AQETCM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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