An evaluation of the reproducibility of the madden-julian oscillation in the CMIP3 multi-models

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-805

  Sato, Naoki ^a,b   Takahashi, Chiharu ^b   Seiki, Ayako ^b   Yoneyama, Kunio ^b   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^b   Takayabu, Yukari N ^b,c  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 70349502286     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.791     Document Type: Article

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