Error growth in a whole atmosphere climate model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-186

  Liu, Han Li ^a   Sassi, F ^a   Garcia, R R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE RANGES; CLIMATE MODELS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; EARLY GROWTHS; ERROR GROWTHS; FINITE LIMITS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERES; PHYSICAL NATURES; PLANETARY WAVES; RE INITIALIZATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GRAVITY WAVE; PLANETARY WAVE; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65549123221     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2825.1     Document Type: Article

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