MJO simulation in CMIP5 climate models: MJO skill metrics and process-oriented diagnosis

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2017, Pages 4023-4045

  Ahn, Min Seop ^a   Kim, Daehyun ^b   Sperber, Kenneth R ^c   Kang, In Sik ^a,g   Maloney, Eric ^d   Waliser, Duane ^e   Hendon, Harry ^f  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^g KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CMIP5 models; Greenhouse enhancement factor; MJO; MJO process oriented diagnostics; MJO skill metric; Moisture sensitivity of convection; Normalized gross moist stability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CMIP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND FIELD;

EID: 85015916306     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-017-3558-4     Document Type: Article

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