Atmospheric kinetic energy spectra from global high-resolution nonhydrostatic simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4369-4381

  Skamarock, William C ^a   Park, Sang Hun ^a   Klemp, Joseph B ^a   Snyder, Chris ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; General circulation models; Kinetic energy; Nonhydrostatic models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC KINETICS; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

KINETICS;

BACKSCATTER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROSTATICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 84910128722     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0114.1     Document Type: Article

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