A Systematic relationship between the representations of convectively coupled equatorial wave activity and the Madden-Julian oscillation in climate model simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1881-1904

  Guo, Yanjuan ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a,b   Jiang, Xianan ^a  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Climate models; Kelvin waves; Madden Julian oscillation; Model comparison; Tropical variability; Waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS; WAVES;

CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODEL COMPARISON; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TRMM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84926039918     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00485.1     Document Type: Article

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