The representation of gravity waves in atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs)

Infrasound Monitoring for Atmospheric Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 685-699

  Lott, François ^a   Millet, Christophe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity waves parameterization; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Mountain flow dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892099672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9508-5_23     Document Type: Chapter

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