Some effects of model resolution on simulated gravity waves generated by deep, mesoscale convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3408-3419

  Lane, Todd P ^a,b   Knievel, Jason C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONVECTIVELY GENERATED GRAVITY WAVES; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 27744542135     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3513.1     Document Type: Article

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