Intraseasonal convective moistening in CMIP3 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2569-2577

  Xavier, Prince K ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Humidity; Model evaluation performance; Parameterization; Precipitation; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; COUPLED MODELS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; MODEL EVALUATION; MOISTURE PRECONDITIONING; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL REGIME; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL VARIABILTY; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATE MODELING; CUMULUS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84859962395     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00427.1     Document Type: Article

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