The Madden-Julian oscillation wind-convection coupling and the role of moisture processes in the MM5 model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-447

  Monier, Erwan ^a   Weare, Bryan C ^a   Gustafson Jr , William I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric instability; Convection; Moisture processes; Propagation speed; Simulation; Tropical intraseasonal oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77954956852     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0626-4     Document Type: Article

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