Physical mechanisms for the maintenance of GCM-simulated Madden-Julian oscillation over the Indian Ocean and Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2469-2482

  Deng, Liping ^a,b   Wu, Xiaoqing ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Indian Ocean; Madden Julian oscillation; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; BAROTROPIC; CONVECTIVE HEATING; DEEP CONVECTION; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; HORIZONTAL WAVES; INDIAN OCEAN; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MEAN FLOW; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SOURCE REGION; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES; TRIGGER CONDITIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVE ENERGY FLUX; WESTERN PACIFIC; ZONAL WIND;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; KINETIC ENERGY; MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 79958085015     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3759.1     Document Type: Article

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