Convectively coupled Kelvin and easterly waves in a regional climate simulation of the tropics

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-203

  Tulich, Stefan N ^a,b,c   Kiladis, George N ^c   Suzuki Parker, Asuka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convectively coupled equatorial waves; Easterly waves; Kelvin waves; Regional climate modeling; Tropical climate; Tropical cyclogenesis; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COUPLING; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 78650975683     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0697-2     Document Type: Article

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