Impact of a simple parameterization of convective gravity-wave drag in a stratosphere-troposphere general circulation model and its sensitivity to vertical resolution

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 238-249

  Bossuet, C ^a   Deque M ^a   Cariolle, D ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Convective processes; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037696678     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0238-z     Document Type: Article

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