Impact of explicit atmosphere-ocean coupling on MJO-like coherent structures in idealized aquaplanet simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2289-2306

  Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COHERENT STRUCTURES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33749242457     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3740.1     Document Type: Article

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