The Intra-Seasonal Oscillation and its control of tropical cyclones simulated by high-resolution global atmospheric models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2185-2206

  Satoh, M ^a,b   Oouchi, K ^b   Nasuno, T ^b   Taniguchi, H ^c   Yamada, Y ^b   Tomita, H ^b,d   Kodama, C ^b   Kinter, J ^e   Achuthavarier, D ^e   Manganello, J ^e   Cash, B ^e   Jung, T ^f,g   Palmer, T ^f   Wedi, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Advanced Institute for Computational Science/RIKEN ^*  (Japan)

^e CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution global atmospheric model; Intra seasonal oscillation; Madden Julian oscillation; Seamless climate modeling; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY;

EID: 84868149715     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1235-6     Document Type: Article

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