An analysis of the 3-D atmospheric energy spectra and interactions using analytical vertical structure functions and two reanalyses

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 785-796

  Terasaki, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MODE; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ENERGY FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRUM;

EID: 39849108516     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.785     Document Type: Article

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