An analysis of convectively coupled kelvin waves in 20 WCRP CMIP3 global coupled climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3031-3056

  Straub, Katherine H ^a   Haertel, Patrick T ^b   Kiladis, George N ^c  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DATA SETS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL MODELS; KELVIN WAVES; MODEL DATA; MULTI-MODEL; PRIMARY SOURCES; SHALLOW CONVECTION; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SPECTRAL PEAK; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE STRUCTURES; WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ZONAL WIND;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA PROCESSING; GRAVITY WAVES; MOISTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; DATA SET; HUMIDITY; KELVIN WAVE; MODEL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77954364965     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3422.1     Document Type: Article

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