General aspects of a T213L256 middle atmosphere general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Watanabe, Shingo ^a   Kawatani, Yoshio ^a   Tomikawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Miyazaki, Kazuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^a,c   Sato, Kaoru ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; MESOSPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 50049114089     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010026     Document Type: Article

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