Vertical momentum transports associated with moist convection and gravity waves in a minimal model of QBO-like oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2935-2957

  Nishimoto, Eriko ^a   Yoden, Shigeo ^a   Bui, Hoang Hai ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM STATE; SELF-SUSTAINED OSCILLATIONS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE; MIXING RATIO; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SQUALL LINE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 84977538224     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0265.1     Document Type: Article

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