The vertical structures of atmospheric temperature anomalies associated with El Niño simulated by the LASG/IAP AGCM: Sensitivity to convection schemes

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1051-1063

  Zhang, Jie ^a,b,c   Zhou, Tian Jun ^a   Bao, Qing ^a   Wu, Bo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

convection schemes; El Ni o; simulation; temperature anomalies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955808428     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-9167-3     Document Type: Article

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