Explicit global simulation of the mesoscale spectrum of atmospheric motions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Takahashi, Yoshiyuki O ^a   Hamilton, Kevin ^b   Ohfuchi, Wataru ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTIONS; HYPERDIFFUSION; MESOSCALE SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33750605451     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026429     Document Type: Article

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