Coupled modes of the warm pool climate system. Part I: The role of air-sea interaction in maintaining Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2116-2135

  Wang, Bin ^a   Xie, Xiaosu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Indian ocean; Madden Julian oscillation; Pacific ocean; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; WARM POOL;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032468665     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-11.8.2116     Document Type: Article

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