A 20-Year climatology of a NICAM AMIP-type simulation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-424

  Kodama, Chihiro ^a   Yamada, Yohei ^a   Noda, Akira T ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kajikawa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Nasuno, Tomoe ^a   Tomita, Tomohiko ^c   Yamaura, Tsuyoshi ^b   Takahashi, Hiroshi G ^a,d   Hara, Masayuki ^e   Kawatani, Yoshio ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,f,g  

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

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Climate simulation; Global non hydrostatic model; Madden Julian oscillation and tropical wave; Moist process; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84942018143     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2015-024     Document Type: Article

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