Parameterisation of orographic cloud dynamics in a GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 581-597

  Dean, S M ^a   Flowerdew, J ^b   Lawrence, B N ^c   Eckermann, S D ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CIRRUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 33947131635     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0202-0     Document Type: Article

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