Impacts of cumulus convection parameterization on aqua-planet AGCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 963-992

  Lee, Myong In ^a   Kang, In Sik ^a   Mapes, Brian E ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CUMULUS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 1642570489     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.963     Document Type: Article

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