Modification of the gravity wave parameterization in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model: Motivation and results

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 275-291

  Garcia, Rolando R ^a   Smith, Anne K ^a   Kinnison, Douglas E ^a   de la Cámara, Álvaro ^a   Murphy, Damian J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate models; Gravity waves; Stratosphere; Stratospheric circulation

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; POLES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC POLAR VORTEX; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; WHOLE ATMOSPHERE COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; GRAVITY WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; POLAR VORTEX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 85009354435     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0104.1     Document Type: Article

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