Balance of drag between the middle and lower atmospheres in a global atmospheric forecast model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Young Joon ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DRAG; FORECASTING METHOD; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 34548634685     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008647     Document Type: Article

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