Sensitivity of the upper mesosphere to the Lorenz energy cycle of the troposphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 647-666

  Becker, Erich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DYNAMICAL CORE; ENERGY CYCLE; EXTRATROPICAL; FRICTIONAL HEATING; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; HIGH RESOLUTION; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MESOPAUSE REGION; MESOSCALE; MESOSPHERE/LOWER THERMOSPHERES; MIXING-LENGTH FORMULATIONS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WIND COMPONENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DRAG; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FRICTION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

HEATING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND PROFILE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 66949111552     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2735.1     Document Type: Article

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