Simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in a coupled general circulation model. Part I: Comparison with observations and an atmosphere-only GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-364

  Inness, Peter M ^a   Slingo, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; SEA LEVEL;

SURFACE FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141523010     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0345:SOTMJO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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