Resolving the upper-ocean warm layer improves the simulation of the Madden–Julian oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1487-1503

  Tseng, Wan Ling ^a,b   Tsuang, Ben Jei ^c   Keenlyside, Noel S ^d   Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^a   Tu, Chia Ying ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coupling; MJO; One column ocean model; Warm layer

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 85028139993     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2315-1     Document Type: Article

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