A stochastic parameterization of non-orographic gravity waves: Formalism and impact on the equatorial stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lott, F ^a   Guez, L ^a   Maury, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BROAD-BAND SPECTRUM; EQUATORIAL STRATOSPHERE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE SCALE EQUATORIAL WAVES; NUMERICAL COSTS; PARAMETERIZED; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; TIME STEP; TIME-SCALES; WIND STRUCTURE;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; LIFE CYCLE; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STOCHASTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; DRAG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 84859311423     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051001     Document Type: Article

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