A gray-radiation aquaplanet moist GCM. Part I: Static stability and eddy scale

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2548-2566

  Frierson, Dargan M W ^a   Held, Isaac M ^b   Zurita Gotor, Pablo ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UCAR/GFDL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

ENERGY TRANSPORT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAY RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TROPOSPHERIC STATIC STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; EDDY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33750595604     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3753.1     Document Type: Article

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