Three-dimensional parameterizations of the synoptic scale kinetic energy and momentum flux in the Earth's atmosphere

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 807-827

  Coumou, D ^a   Petoukhov, V ^a   Eliseev, A V ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; KINETIC ENERGY; MOMENTUM; PARAMETERIZATION; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

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EID: 81355123123     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-807-2011     Document Type: Article

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