Intraseasonal variability in the far-east pacific: Investigation of the role of air-sea coupling in a regional coupled model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 867-890

  Small, R Justin ^a,b   Xie, Shang Ping ^b,c   Maloney, Eric D ^d   de Szoeke, Simon P ^e   Miyama, Toru ^f  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Climate; Coupled models; East Pacific; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Regional models; Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WARM POOL; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 79952245511     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0786-2     Document Type: Article

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