Intraseasonal multi-scale moist dynamics of the tropical troposphere

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 519-540

  Biello, Joseph A ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation; Multi scale asymptotics; Tropical atmospheric dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954628442     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2010.v8.n2.a11     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. A.K. Betts. and M.J. Miller, A new convective adjustment scheme. Part II: single column tests using GATE wave, BOMEX and arctic air-mass data sets, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 112, 693-709, 1986.
2. J.A. Biello and A.J. Majda, A new multi-scale model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1694-1721, 2005.
3. J.A. Biello and A.J. Majda, Modulating synoptic scale convective activity and boundary layer dissipation in the IPESD models of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Dynam. Atmos. Oceans, 42, 152-215, 2006.
4. J.A. Biello and A.J. Majda Transformations for temperature flux in multiscale models of the tropics, Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn., 20, 405-420, 2006.
5. J.A. Biello, A.J. Majda and M.W. Moncrieff, Meridional momentum flux and superrotation in the multiscale IPESD MJO model, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1636-1651, 2007.
6. K.A. Emanuel, J.D. Neelin and C.S. Bretherton, On large scale circulations in convecting atmospheres, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 120, 1111-1143, 1994.
7. D.M.W. Frierson, A.J. Majda and O. Pauluis, Large scale dynamics of precipitation fronts in the tropical atmosphere: a novel relaxation limit, Commun. Math. Sci., 2, 591-626, 2004.
8. A.E. Gill, Some simple solutions for heat induced tropical circulation, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 106, 447-462, 1980.
9. W.W. Grabowski and M.W. Moncrieff, Large-scale organization of tropical convection in two-dimensional explicit numerical simulations, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 127, 445-468, 2001.
10. H. Hendon and B. Leibmann, Organization of convection within the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 8073-8083, 1994.
11. H. Hendon and M. Salby, The life cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2225-2237, 1994.
12. R.A. Houze, S.S. Chen, D.E. Kingsmill, Y. Serra and S.E. Yuter, Convection over the Pacific convective envelope in relation to the atmospheric Kelvin-Rossby wave, J. Atmos, Sci., 57, 3058-3089, 2000.
13. R.H. Johnson and X. Lin, Episodic trade wind regimes over the western Pacific convective envelope, J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 2020-2034, 1997.
14. G. Kiladis, K.H. Straub and P.T. Haertel, Zonal and vertical structure of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2790-2809, 2005.
15. B. Khouider and A.J. Majda, A simple multi-cloud parameterization for convectively coupled topical waves. Part I: linear analysis, J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1308-1323, 2006.
16. B. Khouider and A.J. Majda, Multi-cloud parameterizations with crude vertical structure, Theor. Comp. Fluid Dynam., 20, 351-375, 2006.
17. B. Khouider and A.J. Majda, Model multi-cloud parameterizations for convectively coupled waves: detailed nonlinear wave evolution, Dyn. Atmos. Oceans., 42, 59-80, 2006.
18. B. Khouider and A.J. Majda, A simple multi-cloud parameterization for convectively coupled topical waves. Part II: nonlinear simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 381-400, 2007.
19. B. Khouider and A.J. Majda, Multi-cloud models for organized tropical convection: enhanced congestus heating, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 895-914, 2008.
20. X. Lin and R.H. Johnson, Kinematic and thermodynamic characteristics of the flow over the western Pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 695-715, 1996.
21. J.L. Lin, M. Zhang and B. Mapes, Zonal momentum budget of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: the source and strength of equivalent linear damping, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2172-2188, 2005.
22. R.R. Madden, The Madden-Julian Oscillation life cycle, http://www.meted.ucar.edu/cli-mate/mjo, COMET webcast, UCAR, 2002.
23. R.A. Madden and P. Julian, Description of global scale circulation cells in tropics with a 40-50 day period, J. Atmos. Sci., 29, 1109-1123, 1972.
24. R.A. Madden and P. Julian, Observations of the 40-50 day tropical oscillation - a review, Mon. Weather Rev., 122, 814-837, 1994.
25. A.J. Majda, New multiscale models and self-similarity in tropical convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1393-1404, 2007.
26. A.J. Majda and J.A. Biello, A multi-scale model for tropical intraseasonal oscillations, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 101, 4736-4741, 2004.
27. A.J. Majda and R. Klein, Systematic multi-scale models for the tropics, J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 393-408, 2003.
28. A.J. Majda, S.M. Stechmann and B. Khouider, Madden-Julian Oscillation analog and in-traseasonal variability in a multi-cloud model above the equator, Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., 104, 9919-9924, 2007.
29. E. Maloney and D. Hartmann, Frictional moisture convergence in a composite life cycle of the Madden-Julian oscillation, J. Climate, 11, 2387-2403, 1998.
30. B.E. Mapes, S. Tulich, J.L. Lin and P.Zuidema, Mesoscale convective life cycle: building block or prototype for large-scale tropical waves? Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 42, 3-29, 2006.
31. B.E. Mapes, and R.A. Houze, Diabatic divergence profiles in western Pacific mesoscale con-vective systems, J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1807-1828, 1995.
32. T. Matsuno, Quasi-geostrophic motions in the equatorial area, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 44B, 25-43, 1966.
33. M.W. Moncrieff and E. Klinker, Organized convective systems in the tropical western Pacific as a process in general circulation models: a TOGA COARE case study, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 123, 805-827, 1997.
34. T. Nakazawa, Tropical super clusters within intraseasonal variations over the western Pacific, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 823-839, 1988.
35. K.R. Sperber, J.M. Slingo, P.K. Inness and W.K.M. Lau, On the maintenance and initiation of the intraseasonal oscillation in the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and in the GLA and UKMO AMIP simulations, Clim. Dynam., 13, 769-795, 1997.
36. S. Stechmann, Models of convectively coupled waves in the tropical atmosphere, Ph.D. thesis, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 2008.
37. K.H. Straub and G.N. Kiladis, Interactions between the Boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation and higher-frequency tropical wave activity, Mon. Weather Rev., 131, 945-960, 2003.
38. G. Vecchi and D.E. Harrison, Tropical Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies, El Nino, and equatorial westerly wind events, J. Climate, 13, 1814-1830, 200.
39. B. Wang, Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean System, Ch 10., W.K. Lau and D.E. Waliser (eds.), Praxis Publishing Ltd, 2005.
40. C. Zhang and S. Anderson, Sensitivity of intraseasonal perturbations in SST to the structure of the MJO, J. Atmos, Sci., 60, 2196-2207, 2003.
41. C. Zhang, Madden-Julian Oscillation, Rev. Geophys., 43, Art. # RG2003, 2005.