Energetics of Madden-Julian oscillations in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 3 (NCAR CAM3)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Mu, Mingquan ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; ENERGETICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PERTURBATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 34547918301     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD007003     Document Type: Article

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