Direct numerical simulation of the Plumb-McEwan laboratory analog of the QBO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3226-3252

  Wedi, Nils P ^a   Smolarkiewicz, Piotr K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

MOLECULAR VISCOSITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE DAMPING; ZONAL-MEAN FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33846153218     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3815.1     Document Type: Article

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