Monsoon regimes and processes in CCSM4. Part I: The Asian-Australian monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2583-2608

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a,b   Caron, Julie M ^a   Annamalai, H ^c   Jochum, Markus ^a   Chakraborty, Arindam ^d   Murtugudde, Raghu ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variations; Asia; Australia; Biennial oscillation; Climate models; Deep convection; ENSO; Indian ocean; Interannual variability; Interdecadal variability; Intraseasonal variability; Madden julian oscillation; Maritime continent; Model comparison; Monsoons; Orographic effects; Pacific ocean; Seasonal cycle; Southern oscillation; Topographic effects; Tropical variabilty; Walker circulation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; DEEP CONVECTION; ENSO; INDIAN OCEAN; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MODEL COMPARISON; MONSOONS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; TROPICAL VARIABILTY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84860014017     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00184.1     Document Type: Article

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