Mechanisms of poleward propagating, intraseasonal convective anomalies in cloud system-resolving models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3673-3691

  Boos, William R ^a   Kuang, Zhiming ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Convective parameterization; Intraseasonal variability; Nonhydrostatic models

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODELS; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; EKMAN PUMPING; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MOIST CONVECTION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; PARAMETERIZED; PROPAGATION SPEED; QUASI-STEADY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SHARP CONTRAST; SUBGRID SCALE; SURFACE FLUX; THEORETICAL MODELS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; STORMS; TRANSIENTS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HYDROSTATICS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 78649455480     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3515.1     Document Type: Article

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