The Madden-Julian oscillation in ECHAM4 coupled and uncoupled general circulation models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 117-140

  Sperber, Kenneth R ^a   Gualdi, Silvio ^b   Legutke, Stephanie ^c   Gayler, Veronika ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 26444493162     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0026-3     Document Type: Article

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