The MJO and convectively coupled waves in a coarse-resolution GCM with a simple multicloud parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-264

  Khouider, Boualem ^a   St Cyr, Amik ^b   Majda, Andrew J ^c   Tribbia, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud parameterization; Deep convection; General circulation models; Madden Julian oscillation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; CLOUD TYPES; CONSTANT SPEED; CONTROL PARAMETERS; COUPLED WAVES; DEEP CONVECTION; DYNAMICAL CORE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HIGH-ORDER METHODS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; KELVIN WAVES; KEY FEATURE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODEL SOLUTION; MODELING ENVIRONMENTS; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MOISTURE GRADIENT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE NUMBERS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

COASTAL ZONES; HEATING; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

EXPERIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 79953193476     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3443.1     Document Type: Article

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