Convective moisture adjustment time scale as a key factor in regulating model amplitude of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10,412-10,419

  Jiang, Xianan ^a,b   Zhao, Ming ^c   Maloney, Eric D ^d   Waliser, Duane E ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

climate models; convective adjustment time scale; Madden Julian Oscillation; tropical convection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; MOISTURE; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR;

CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; MODEL REPRESENTATION; MULTI-MODEL SIMULATIONS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TIMESCALE; TROPICAL REGION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84991013871     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070898     Document Type: Article

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