Simulation of two types of El Niño from different convective parameters

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-199

  Jang, Yeon Soo ^a   Kim, Daehyun ^b   Kim, Young Ho ^a   Kim, Dong Hoon ^c   Watanabe, Masahiro ^d   Jin, Fei Fei ^e   Kug, Jong Seong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

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

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

climate model; convective parameterization; eastern Pacific precipitation; El Ni o; two types of El Ni o

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883011891     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-013-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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