The effect of atmospheric radiative heating by clouds on the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 854-864

  Crueger, Traute ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

convection; convectively coupled equatorial waves; Madden Julian Oscillation; tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; RADIANT HEATING; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION;

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

EID: 85027942209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000434     Document Type: Article

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