El Niño-Southern Oscillation sensitivity to cumulus entrainment in a coupled general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Daehyun ^a   Jang, Yeon Soo ^b   Kim, Dong Hoon ^c   Kim, Young Ho ^b   Watanabe, Masahiro ^d   Jin, Fei Fei ^e   Kug, Jong Seong ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENTRAINMENT RATES; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; MEAN PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COOLING; CUMULUS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 81755178963     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016526     Document Type: Article

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