Climate simulations with an isentropic finite-volume dynamical core

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2843-2861

  Chen, Chih Chieh ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Cloud cover; Coordinate systems; Isentropic analysis; Temperature; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIMULATION; CLOUD COVER; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; COLD TEMPERATURES; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; CONTROL SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL CORE; EULERIAN; FINITE-VOLUME; GLOBAL COVERAGE; HEAT TRANSPORT; ISENTROPIC; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; NEW MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE-BASED; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL COORDINATES;

ATMOSPHERICS; CAMS; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COORDINATE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84859947788     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4184.1     Document Type: Article

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