Eddy fluxes and sensitivity of the water cycle to spatial resolution in idealized regional aquaplanet model simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 931-940

  Hagos, Samson ^a   Leung, L Ruby ^a   Gustafson, William I ^a   Singh, Balwinder ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaplanet; Eddies fluxes; Moisture budget analysis; Multi scale; Physics parameterization; Spatial resolution; The sensitivity of the water cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84895043007     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1857-y     Document Type: Article

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