Simulations of the West African monsoon with a superparameterized climate model. Part II: African easterly waves

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 8323-8341

  McCrary, Rachel R ^a   Randall, David A ^b   Stan, Cristiana ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Atmospheric; Climate models; Cloud resolving models; Coupled models; Waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WAVES;

AFRICA; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; CLOUD PARAMETERIZATIONS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COUPLED MODELS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; EASTERLY WAVE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84909619790     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00677.1     Document Type: Article

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