Tropical intraseasonal oscillation, super cloud clusters, and cumulus convection schemes. Part II: 3D aquaplanet simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 690-709

  Chao, Winston C ^a   Deng, Litao ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; SUPER CLOUD CLUSTER;

EID: 0031862089     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0690:TIOSCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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