The surface-pressure signature of atmospheric tides in modern climate models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-514

  Covey, Curt ^a   Dai, Aiguo ^b   Marsh, Dan ^b   Lindzen, Richard S ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Coupled models; Model evaluation performance; Surface pressure; Tides

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; COMPENSATING ERRORS; COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; EARTH'S SURFACE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOW ALTITUDES; MODEL SIMULATION; NEAR-SURFACE; SPURIOUS WAVES; SURFACE PRESSURE; UPPER BOUNDARY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); HEATING; OZONE; TIDES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PRESSURE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 79955043843     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3560.1     Document Type: Article

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