The vertical structure of the eddy diffusivity and the equilibration of the extratropical atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1456-1469

  Jansen, Malte ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; HORIZONTAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

DIFFUSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84877327207     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-086.1     Document Type: Article

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