Characteristics of atmospheric transport using three numerical formulations for atmospheric dynamics in a single GCM framework

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2243-2266

  Rasch, Philip J ^a   Coleman, Danielle B ^a   Mahowald, Natalie ^a   Williamson, David L ^a   Lin, Shian Jiann ^b   Boville, Byron A ^a   Hess, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MASS CONSERVATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 33745075251     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3763.1     Document Type: Article

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