Atmospheric Energy Spectra in Global Kilometre-Scale Models

Claudia Christine Stephan; Julia Duras; Lucas Harris; Daniel Klocke; William M. Putman; Mark Taylor; Nils P. Wedi; Nedjeljka Žagar; Florian Ziemen

doi:10.16993/tellusa.26

Atmospheric Energy Spectra in Global Kilometre-Scale Models

Volume 74 (2022): Issue 1

By: Claudia Christine Stephan, Julia Duras, Lucas Harris , Daniel Klocke , William M. Putman, Mark Taylor , Nils P. Wedi , Nedjeljka Žagar and Florian Ziemen

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Keywords:

Global energy spectra,

normal mode function decomposition,

DYAMOND models,

storm-resolving global simulations,

mesoscale vertical velocity

© 2022 Claudia Christine Stephan, Julia Duras, Lucas Harris, Daniel Klocke, William M. Putman, Mark Taylor, Nils P. Wedi, Nedjeljka Žagar, Florian Ziemen, published by Stockholm University Press
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