The Influence of Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction on MJO Development and Propagation

Abstract

The objectives of this project are to use the fully coupled COAMPS to investigate the effect of air-ocean coupling, the prediction barrier problem near the Maritime Continent (MC), and the impact of convection permitting resolution on the MJO structure. Many coupled and uncoupled global seasonal prediction models as well as global NWP models have low skill in forecasting the MJO propagation from the Indian Ocean to the Maritime Continent. To what extent do model horizontal resolution, air-sea coupling, and parameterizations of convection contribute to this MJO propagation prediction barrier?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598118

Entities

People

  • James D. Doyle
  • Jerome M. Schmidt
  • Paul May
  • Sue Chen

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabian Sea
  • Atmospheres
  • Computer Science
  • Convection
  • Couplings
  • Electronic Mail
  • Energy
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Frequency
  • Indian Ocean
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Lead Time
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Precipitation
  • Rossby Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers