NOGAPS-ALPHA simulations of the 2002 Southern Hemisphere stratospheric major warming

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 498-518

  Allen, Douglas R ^a,d   Coy, Lawrence ^a   Eckermann, Stephen D ^a   McCormack, John P ^a   Manney, Gloria L ^b,c   Hogan, Timothy F ^a   Kim, Young Joon ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DORDT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT FLUX; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

HYBRID VERTICAL COORDINATE; MIDDLE-ATMOSPHERE GRAVITY WAVE DRAG PARAMETERIZATIONS; RADIATIVE HEATING SCHEME;

METEOROLOGY;

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 33645319449     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3086.1     Document Type: Article

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