Impacts of idealized air-Sea coupling on Madden-Julian oscillation structure in the superparameterized CAM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1990-2008

  Benedict, James J ^a   Randall, David A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; General circulation models; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Model comparison; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODEL COMPARISON; TROPICAL VARIABILTY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CAMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES; TROPICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 80053215574     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-04.1     Document Type: Article

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