A proposed baroclinic wave test case for deep- and shallow-atmosphere dynamical cores

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 682, 2014, Pages 1590-1602

  Ullrich, Paul A ^a   Melvin, Thomas ^b   Jablonowski, Christiane ^c   Staniforth, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Model intercomparison; Small earth

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; HYDROSTATIC BALANCE; MIDLATITUDE DYNAMICS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; ROTATIONAL COMPONENT; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; VERTICAL COORDINATES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC WAVE; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROSTATICS; TESTING METHOD; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 84904958115     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2241     Document Type: Article

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