Diagnosing MJO hindcast biases in NCAR CAM3 using nudging during the DYNAMO field campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7231-7253

  Subramanian, Aneesh C ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST BIAS; GCM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NUDGING; THERMODYNAMIC FIELDS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84904758239     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021370     Document Type: Article

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