A nonlinear perspective on the dynamics of the MJO: Idealized large-eddy simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1202-1217

  Wedi, Nils P ^a   Smolarkiewicz, Piotr K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC OSCILLATIONS; BASIC PRINCIPLES; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTING; DIABATIC PROCESS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EQUATORIAL WAVES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LABORATORY SCALE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SHALLOW WATER THEORY; SOLITARY STRUCTURES; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77953339027     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3160.1     Document Type: Article

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