Global-scale convective aggregation: Implications for the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1499-1518

  Arnold, Nathan P ^a,b   Randall, David A ^a  

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

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; entrainment; MJO; RCE

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUDGET CONTROL; CAMS;

CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODELS; CONVECTIVE ENVELOPE; ENTRAINMENT RATES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MJO; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; RCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AGGREGATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIABATIC PROCESS; ENTRAINMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84959507321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000498     Document Type: Article

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