Evaluation of the simulated interannual and subseasonal variability in an AMIP-style simulation using the CSU multiscale modeling framework

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-431

  Khairoutdinov, Marat ^a,b   DeMott, Charlotte ^a   Randall, David ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE;

CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTISCALE MODELING FRAMEWORK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KELVIN WAVE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOCUMULUS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 40849150834     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1630.1     Document Type: Article

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