Convectively coupled equatorial waves in high-resolution Hadley Centre climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1897-1919

  Yang, Gui Ying ^a   Slingo, Juan ^a   Hoskins, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE MODEL; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; COUPLED WAVES; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; FORCING AGENTS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KELVIN WAVES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOVING WAVES; NEAR-SURFACE; OBSERVED DATA; PHASE SPEED; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WAVE MODES; ZONAL PROPAGATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAVITY WAVES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COUPLING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; EQUATORIAL WAVE; HADLEY CELL; KELVIN WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 66849132560     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2630.1     Document Type: Article

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