Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Biases and uncertainties at short range

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4749-4763

  Xavier, Prince K ^a   Petch, Jon C ^a   Klingaman, Nicholas P ^b   Woolnough, Steve J ^b   Jiang, Xianan ^c   Waliser, Duane E ^c   Caian, Mihaela ^d   Cole, Jason ^e   Hagos, Samson M ^f   Hannay, Cecile ^g   Kim, Daehyun ^h   Miyakawa, Tomoki ⁱ   Pritchard, Michael S ^j   Roehrig, Romain ^k   Shindo, Eiki ^l   Vitart, Frederic ^m   Wang, Hailan ⁿ  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^l METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^m EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CONVECTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; FIELD METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINFALL; THERMODYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84932192038     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022718     Document Type: Article

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