Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Linking hindcast fidelity to simulated diabatic heating and moistening

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4690-4717

  Klingaman, Nicholas P ^a   Woolnough, Steven J ^a   Jiang, Xianan ^b,c   Waliser, Duane ^b,c   Xavier, Prince K ^d   Petch, Jon ^d   Caian, Mihaela ^e   Hannay, Cecile ^f   Kim, Daehyun ^g   Ma, Hsi Yen ^h   Merryfield, William J ⁱ   Miyakawa, Tomoki ^j,k   Pritchard, Mike ^l   Ridout, James A ^m   Roehrig, Romain ⁿ   Shindo, Eiki ^o   Vitart, Frederic ^p   Wang, Hailan ^q   Cavanaugh, Nicholas R ^r   Mapes, Brian E ^s   Shelly, Ann ^d   Zhang, Guang J ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^o METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^q NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; HINDCASTING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 84932199392     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022374     Document Type: Article

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