Three-dimensional parameterizations of the synoptic scale kinetic energy and momentum flux in the Earth's atmosphere

We present a new set of statistical-dynamical equations (SDEs) which can accurately reproduce the three-dimensional atmospheric fields of synoptic scale kinetic energy and momentum flux. The set of equations is closed by finding proper parameterizations for the vertical macro-turbulent diffusion coe...

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Main Authors: D. Coumou, V. Petoukhov, A. V. Eliseev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-11-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/18/807/2011/npg-18-807-2011.pdf