Indications of stratified turbulence in a mechanistic GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-247

  Brune, Sebastian ^a   Becker, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC CONVERSIONS; ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; KINETIC ENERGY SPECTRA; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

BUDGET CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

KINETICS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KINETIC ENERGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84874980451     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-025.1     Document Type: Article

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