The atmospheric general circulation and its variability

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85 B, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-143

  Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; GRAVITY WAVE; JET; OVERTURN; PLANETARY WAVE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34848829174     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85B.123     Document Type: Article

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