MJO in the NCAR CAM2 with the Tiedtke Convective Scheme

Abstract The boreal winter Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) remains very weak and irregular in the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Atmosphere Model version 2 (CAM2) as in its direct predecessor, the Community Climate Model version 3 (CCM3). The standard version of CAM2 uses the deep convective scheme of Zhang and McFarlane, as in CCM3, with the closure dependent on convective available potential energy (CAPE). Here, sensitivity tests using several versions of the Tiedtke convective scheme are conducted. Typically, the Tiedtke convection scheme gives an improved mean state, intraseasonal variability, space–time power spectra, and eastward propagation compared to the standard version of the model. Coherent eastward propagation of MJO-related precipitation is also much improved, particularly over the Indian–western Pacific Oceans. A composite life cycle of the model MJO indicates that over the Indian Ocean wind-induced surface heat exchange (WISHE) functions, while over the western/c...

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