Impacts of introducing a convective gravity-wave parameterization upon the QBO in the Met Office Unified Model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1873-1877

  Kim, Y H ^a   Bushell, A C ^b   Jackson, D R ^b   Chun, H Y ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convective gravity waves; gravity wave parameterization; SAO

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; KEYPOINTS; MOMENTUM FLUX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SAO; UNIFIED MODEL; WAVE SPECTRA; ZONAL WIND;

GRAVITY WAVES; MODULATION; MOMENTUM;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONALITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84879088045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50353     Document Type: Article

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