Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves in an Idealized Moist General Circulation Model From: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Frierson, Dargan M W | Copyright American Meteorological Society Jun 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ABSTRACT

The dynamics of convectively coupled Kelvin waves and their dependence on convection scheme parameters are studied within a simplified moist general circulation model. The model consists of the primitive equations on the sphere over zonally symmetric aquaplanet, slab mixed layer ocean boundary conditions, and idealized physical parameterizations including gray radiative transfer and a simplified Betts-Miller convection scheme. This framework allows the authors to study the dep...

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