The role of the middle atmosphere in simulations of the troposphere during Northern Hemisphere winter: Differences between high-and low-top models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3048-3064

  Sassi, Fabrizio ^a   Garcia, R R ^b   Marsh, D ^b   Hoppel, K W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Middle atmosphere; Model comparison; Northern hemisphere; Troposphere; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL MODELS; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL CONFIGURATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; PLANETARY WAVES; QUASI-STATIONARY; REALISTIC PHYSICS; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; TROPOSPHERIC CLIMATE; TWO-STATE; WINTER/COOL SEASON; ZONAL MEANS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77958544267     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3255.1     Document Type: Article

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