Abstract
Three interesting features of the model MJO's diabatic heating are revealed: 1) the maximum heating rate of this low-frequency mode is located over the Asian monsoon region and its amplitude is about a half of the maximum value of the seasonal mean heating rate in this region, 2) the vertical diabatic heating rate profile has a maximum at 500 mbar and resembles the seasonal mean total heating profile, and 3) the total diabatic heating is for the most part composed of the latent heat released by cumulus convection. -from Authors
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8801-8813 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | D5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |