Self-acceleration in the parameterization of orographic gravity wave drag

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2537-2546

  Scinocca, John F ^a   Sutherland, Bruce R ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Gravity waves; Orographic effects; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LEADING EDGE; MEAN FLOW; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; STEADY SOLUTION; STEADY-STATE WAVES; TUNING PARAMETER; TYPICAL VALUES; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE THEORY; WAVE TRAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DRAG; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77958549046     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3358.1     Document Type: Article

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