A local model for planetary atmospheres forced by small-scale convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1420-1433

  Smith, K Shafer ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX FLOW;

CORIOLIS GRADIENTS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 3242656490     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1420:ALMFPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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