A numerical case study on the initiation of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-331

  Ray, Pallav ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^a   Dudhia, Jim ^b   Chen, Shuyi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL SPRINGS; CHANNEL MODELS; EXTRATROPICAL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LATERAL BOUNDARIES; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATIONS; MESO-SCALE; MOIST PROCESS; RE-ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSITIVITY TESTS; STANDING PROBLEMS; TIME-VARYING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549127763     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2701.1     Document Type: Article

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