Improved middle atmosphere climate and forecasts in the ECMWF model through a nonorographic gravity wave drag parameterization

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5905-5926

  Orr, Andrew ^a,d   Bechtold, Peter ^a   Scinocca, John ^b   Ern, Manfred ^c   Janiskova, Marta ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Climate; Forecasting; Middle atmosphere; Parameterization; Small scale processes; Waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOTROPIC SPECTRA; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NONOROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; PARAMETERIZED; PARAMETERIZING; PLANETARY WAVES; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM; RAYLEIGH; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATIONS; SMALL-SCALE PROCESS; STANDARD METHOD; STATIONARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; WAVE DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERICS; DRAG; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78249282556     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3490.1     Document Type: Article

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