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Medvedev & Klaassen 2001

Medvedev, A.S. and Klaassen, G.P. (2001). Realistic semiannual oscillation simulated in a middle atmosphere general circulation model. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL011676. issn: 0094-8276.

Although several general circulation modelling studies have presented simulations containing a tropical middle atmosphere semiannual oscillation (6 month period), none so far have been able to reproduce the observed amplitude and vertical structure extending into the mesosphere. Here we present simulations with the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model which utilize a nonlinear broad-spectrum gravity-wave parameterization [Medvedev and Klaassen, 1995, 2000> and exhibit a semiannual oscillation in good agreement with observations. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—energy deposition, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Mesospheric dynamics, Planetology, Fluid Planets, Atmospheres—structure and dynamics

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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