Frictional heating in global climate models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 508-520

  Becker, Erich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT LOSSES; HEATING; KINETIC ENERGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRICTIONAL HEATING;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; FRICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0041923996     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0508:FHIGCM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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