MM5 modeling of the Madden-Julian oscillation in the Indian and west pacific oceans: Model description and control run results

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1320-1337

  Gustafson Jr , William I ^a   Weare, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DATA REDUCTION; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; RESEARCH; WIND;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION (OLR);

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODELING; VERTICAL PROFILE; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 1842689178     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1320:MMOTMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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