Momentum budget of the East Antarctic atmospheric boundary layer: Results of a regional climate model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3117-3129

  van den Broeke, Michiel R ^a   van Lipzig, N P M ^a   van Meijgaard, E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DECELERATION; SEA ICE; VELOCITY;

ICE SHELVES; MOMENTUM BUDGET;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; KATABATIC FLOW; MOMENTUM; POLAR VORTEX; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036870287     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<3117:MBOTEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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