With a hybrid atmosphere-ocean coupled model we carried out an experimental forecast of a well documented Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) event that was observed during the period of Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA-COARE). The observed event, originated in the western Indian Ocean around 6 January 1993, moved eastward with a phase speed of about 6.2 m s 1 and reached the dateline around February 1. The hybrid coupled model reasonably forecasts the MJO init...
【英文摘要】
With a hybrid atmosphere-ocean coupled model we carried out an experimental forecast of a well documented Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) event that was observed during the period of Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA-COARE). The observed event, originated in the western Indian Ocean around 6 January 1993, moved eastward with a phase speed of about 6.2 m s 1 and reached the dateline around February 1. The hybrid coupled model reasonably forecasts the MJO init...
【基金】
supported by NASA Earth Science Program, NSF Climate Dynamics Program;
the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), NASA;
NOAA through their sponsorship of the IPRC;
supported by APEC Climate Center (APCC) as a part of APCC international research project
【更新日期】
2011-12-14
【分类号】
P412
【正文快照】
1 Introduction The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a dominant intraseasonal mode in the Tropics, which involves strong coupling between convective heating and large-scale circulations (Madden and Julian, 1972). It is usually originated in the Indo-west