Multi-scale organization of convection in a global numerical simulation of the December 2006 MJO event using explicit moist processes

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-345

  Nasuno, Tomoe ^a   Miura, Hiroaki ^a,b   Satoh, Masaki ^a,c   Noda, Akira T ^a   Oouchi, Kazuyoshi ^a  

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

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 68949099880     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.335     Document Type: Article

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