The activity of convectively coupled equatorial waves in CMIP3 global climate models

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 697-711

  Huang, Ping ^a,b   Chou, Chia ^c,d   Huang, Ronghui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84876438808     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0761-4     Document Type: Article

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