MJO in the NCAR CAM2 with the Tiedtke convective scheme

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3007-3020

  Liu, Ping ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Sperber, Kenneth R ^b   Li, Tim ^a   Meehl, Gerald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); WIND INDUCED SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

EID: 25444527194     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3458.1     Document Type: Article

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