A joint satellite and global cloud-resolving model analysis of a Madden-Julian Oscillation even: Model diagnosis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Masunaga, H ^a   Satoh, M ^b,c   Miura, H ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HISTOGRAM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 56349123871     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009986     Document Type: Article

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