A Documentation of the Mintz-Arakawa Two-Level Atmospheric General Circulation Model

Abstract

Summary of the physical bases of the Mintz-Arakawa two-level atmospheric model and presentation of numerical procedures and computer program for its execution. Discussion covers the physics of the model, with particular attention given to the treatment of the moisture and heat sources, including parameterization of convective processes, cloudiness, and radiation. Numerical approximations and finite-difference equations used in the numerical simulations are also given. To facilitate the use of this model, a complete listing of the code as written in FORTRAN language is given, together with a description of all constants and parameters used. Also included are a dictionary of FORTRAN variables and a dictionary of principal physical features.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0740093

Entities

People

  • A. B. Kahle
  • A. B. Nelson
  • E. S. Batten
  • W. L. Gates

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Geography
  • Grids
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
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