Arctic response to an MJO-like tropical heating in an idealized GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2379-2393

  Yoo, Changhyun ^a,b   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation; Primitive equations model; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC WARMING; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INITIAL FLOW; INITIAL PERTURBATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODEL CALCULATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PASSIVE TRACERS; PHASE 1; POLEWARD MOISTURE TRANSPORT; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; ROSSBY WAVE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TRACER CONCENTRATION; WAVE ACTIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED RADIATION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84867671703     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0261.1     Document Type: Article

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