The impact of the diurnal cycle on the propagation of Madden-Julian Oscillation convection across the Maritime Continent

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1552-1564

  Hagos, Samson M ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^b   Feng, Zhe ^a   Burleyson, Casey D ^a   De Mott, Charlotte ^c   Kerns, Brandon ^b   Benedict, James J ^b   Martini, Matus N ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

diurnal cycle; Madden Julian Oscillation; Maritime Continent

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; LANDFORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

CONTROL SIMULATION; DIURNAL CYCLE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DOWNWELLING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME BOUNDARY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84991087181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016MS000725     Document Type: Article

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