Tropical intraseasonal variability in version 3 of the GFDL atmosphere model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 426-449

  Benedict, James J ^a   Maloney, Eric D ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^b   Frierson, Dargan M ^c   Donner, Leo J ^d  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE MODELS; CONTROL MODEL; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; DEEP CONVECTION; DIABATIC HEATING; HEATING STRUCTURES; INDIAN OCEAN; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; KELVIN WAVES; MESOSCALE; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION FIELD; SHALLOW CUMULUS CONVECTION; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CLOUDS; HEATING; MOISTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84872924851     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00103.1     Document Type: Article

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