The atmospheric general circulation in thermodynamical coordinates

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 916-928

  Kjellsson, Joakim ^a   Döös, Kristofer ^a   Laliberté, Frédéric B ^b   Zika, Jan D ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON RELATIONSHIP; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY;

LATENT HEAT; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84896777269     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0173.1     Document Type: Article

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