Using a case-study approach to improve the Madden-Julian oscillation in the Hadley Centre model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 685, 2014, Pages 2491-2505

  Klingaman, N P ^a   Woolnough, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Entrainment; Hindcasts; Madden Julian oscillation; Subseasonal variability

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT CONVECTION;

CASE STUDY APPROACH; HINDCASTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MODEL CONFIGURATION; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 84922904347     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2314     Document Type: Article

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