Interannual variation of the Madden-Julian oscillation during austral summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2538-2550

  Hendon, Harry H ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^b   Glick, John D ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033172554     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2538:ivotmj>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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