Role of the atmospheric mean state on the initiation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in a tropical channel model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-184

  Ray, Pallav ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^b   Dudhia, Jim ^b   Caron, Julie M ^b   Leung, L Ruby ^c   Bruyere, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extratropical influence; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Mean state; Tropical channel model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CUMULUS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WARM POOL;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78650984254     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0859-2     Document Type: Article

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