Impacts of cumulus momentum transport on MJO simulation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 864-876

  Ling, Jian ^a,c   Li, Chongyin ^a,b   Jia, Xiaolong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Madden Julian Oscillation; Propagation characteristics; Vertical cumulus momentum transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849110731     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-8016-8     Document Type: Article

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