Stochastic models for convective momentum transport

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 17614-17619

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Stechmann, Samuel N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric convection parameterization; Tropical atmospheric convection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE MOMENTUM TRANSPORT; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICS; WEATHER;

EID: 56649094530     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806838105     Document Type: Review

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