Northward propagation mechanisms of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation in the ERA-interim and SP-CCSM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1973-1992

  DeMott, Charlotte A ^a   Stan, Cristiana ^b,c   Randall, David A ^a  

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

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BOREAL SUMMER INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MOISTURE ADVECTION; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE MODELS; MOISTURE; VORTICITY;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ADVECTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CONVECTION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84875828927     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00191.1     Document Type: Article

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