Simulating the QBO in an atmospheric general circulation model: Sensitivity to resolved and parameterized forcing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1649-1665

  Anstey, James A ^a   Scinocca, John F ^a   Keller, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean structure Phenomena; Circulation dynamics; General circulation models; Gravity waves; Models and modeling; Quasibiennial oscillation; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Stratospheric circulation; Subgrid scale processes

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DRAG; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; SYNCHRONIZATION; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; SUB-GRID SCALE PROCESS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; PERIODICITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84962220246     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0099.1     Document Type: Article

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