Moist static energy budget of MJO-like disturbances in the atmosphere of a zonally symmetric aquaplanet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2782-2804

  Andersen, Joseph Allan ^a   Kuang, Zhiming ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Madden julian oscillation

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CONVERSION MECHANISM; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EDDY ACTIVITY; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY-ADVECTION; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LONG WAVES; LOW FREQUENCY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; SPECTRAL FEATURE; TIME-SPACE; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

BUDGET CONTROL; INTEGRATION;

ADVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EDDY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84859991145     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00168.1     Document Type: Article

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