Vertical structure and physical processes of the madden-julian oscillation: Exploring key model physics in climate simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4718-4748

  Jiang, Xianan ^a,b   Waliser, Duane E ^a,b   Xavier, Prince K ^c   Petch, Jon ^c   Klingaman, Nicholas P ^d   Woolnough, Steven J ^d   Guan, Bin ^a,b   Bellon, Gilles ^e   Crueger, Traute ^f   DeMott, Charlotte ^g   Hannay, Cecile ^h   Lin, Hai ⁱ   Hu, Wenting ^j   Kim, Daehyun ^k   Lappen, Cara Lyn ^l   Lu, Mong Ming ^m   Ma, Hsi Yen ⁿ   Miyakawa, Tomoki ^o   Ridout, James A ^p   Schubert, Siegfried D ^q   Scinocca, John ⁱ   Seo, Kyong Hwan ^r   Shindo, Eiki ^s   Song, Xiaoliang ^t   Stan, Cristiana ^u   Tseng, Wan Ling ^v   Wang, Wanqiu ^w   Wu, Tongwen ^x   Wu, Xiaoqing ^y   Wyser, Klaus ^z   Zhang, Guang J ^t   Zhu, Hongyan ^aa   more..

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^j INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^k Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^l TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

ⁿ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^p NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^q NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^r Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^s METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^w CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^x NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^y IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^aa BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OSCILLATING FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84932193909     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022375     Document Type: Article

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