Mjo and convectively coupled equatorial waves simulated by CMIP5 climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6185-6214

  Hung, Meng Pai ^a   Lin, Jia Lin ^b   Wang, Wanqiu ^c   Kim, Daehyun ^d   Shinoda, Toshiaki ^e   Weaver, Scott J ^c  

^a College Park Maryland and Wyle Information Systems LLC ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DIABATIC HEATING; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; STATIC STABILITY; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84878987485     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00541.1     Document Type: Article

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