Effect of boundary layer latent heating on MJO simulations

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-115

  Ling, Jian ^a   Li, Chongyin ^b   Zhou, Wen ^c   Jia, Xiaolong ^d   Zhang, Chidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

latent heating; Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO); planetary boundary layer (PBL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871355419     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-2031-x     Document Type: Article

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