Nonlinear horizontal diffusion for GCMs

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1439-1454

  Becker, Erich ^a   Burkhardt, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GRAVITY WAVES;

AGEOSTROPIC MOTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NONLINEAR HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION;

METEOROLOGY;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BAROCLINIC MODE; DIFFUSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY WAVE; HEATING; PARAMETERIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34248361993     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3348.1     Document Type: Article

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