Simulation of the South Asian monsoon in a coupled model with an embedded cloud-resolving model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1121-1142

  Krishnamurthy, V ^a,b   Stan, Cristiana ^a,b   Randall, David A ^c   Shukla, Ravi P ^a   Kinter, James L ^a,b  

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

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PARAMETERIZATIONS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CRACK PROPAGATION; RAIN; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84893185906     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00257.1     Document Type: Article

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