Heating in the tropical atmosphere: What level of detail is critical for accurate MJO simulations in GCMs?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2547-2568

  Lappen, Cara Lyn ^a   Schumacher, Courtney ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; CCSM; Climate; Convection; Heating; MJO; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84868031091     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1327-y     Document Type: Article

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