Frictional moisture convergence in a composite life cycle of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2387-2403

  Maloney, Eric D ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

(Tropical); Atmospheric convection; Equatorial dynamics; Indian Ocean; Madden Julian oscillation; Moisture; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE;

(TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032469125     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2387:FMCIAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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