Exploring a global multiresolution modeling approach using aquaplanet simulations*

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2432-2452

  Rauscher, Sara A ^a   Ringler, Todd D ^a   Skamarock, William C ^b   Mirin, Arthur A ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; KINETIC ENERGY SPECTRA; MULTI-RESOLUTION MODELING; MULTIRESOLUTION MESH; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TROPICS;

CAMS;

ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HADLEY CELL; HYDROSTATICS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84877800284     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00154.1     Document Type: Article

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