Realistic initiation and dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in a coarse resolution aquaplanet GCM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6252-6257

  Ajayamohan, R S ^a   Khouider, Boualem ^b   Majda, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GCM; MJO

Indexed keywords

GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; INITIATION MECHANISM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MJO; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW PATTERNS; LAKES;

DYNAMICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84889826764     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058187     Document Type: Article

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