Equilibration in an Eddy resolving model with simplified physics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 561-574

  Solomon, Amy ^a   Stone, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

EDDY HEAT FLUXES; HOMOGENIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0035868040     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0561:EIAERM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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