Predictability of rotating stratified turbulence

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1384-1400

  Ngan, Keith ^a,b   Bartello, P ^a   Straub, D N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; BALANCED AND UNBALANCED MODES; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NWP MODEL; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RELATIVE ERRORS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; STRATIFIED FLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 69849100667     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2799.1     Document Type: Article

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