Role of large-scale moisture advection for simulation of the MJO with increased entrainment

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 691, 2015, Pages 2127-2136

  Zhu, Hongyan ^a   Hendon, Harry H ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convective entrainment; Large scale moisture advection; MJO simulation

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; ENTRAINMENT RATES; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MJO SIMULATION; MOISTURE ADVECTION; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTRAINMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MIXING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84937065690     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2510     Document Type: Article

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