Sensitivity of MJO propagation to a robust positive Indian Ocean dipole event in the superparameterized CAM

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1901-1917

  Benedict, James J ^a,b   Pritchard, Michael S ^c   Collins, William D ^a,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Indian Ocean dipole; intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; superparameterization; tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ENSO; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SUPERPARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR MASS; ANOMALY; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND PROFILE; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84959458262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000530     Document Type: Article

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