Evaluation of convection-permitting model simulations of cloud populations associated with the madden-julian oscillation using data collected during the AMIE/DYNAMO field campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12,052-12,068

  Hagos, Samson ^a   Feng, Zhe ^a   Burleyson, Casey D ^a   Lim, Kyo Sun Sunny ^a   Long, Charles N ^a   Wu, Di ^b,c   Thompson, Greg ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION;

EID: 84913534082     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022143     Document Type: Article

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