Development of convection along the SPCZ within a Madden-Julian oscillation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 531, 1996, Pages 669-688

  Matthews, Adrian J ^a   Hoskins, Brian J ^a   Slingo, Julia M ^a   Blackburn, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equatorial Rossby waves; Madden Julian oscillation; Potential vorticity; South Pacific convergence zone; Tropical convective anomalies

Indexed keywords

MADDEN JULIEN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SPCZ; TROPICAL CONVECTIVE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030480725     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53105     Document Type: Article

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