Modulation of hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico by the Madden- Julian oscillation

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5460, 2000, Pages 2002-2004

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HURRICANE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC REGIONS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHER; WIND;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0034677887     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5460.2002     Document Type: Article

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30. Supported by the Climate Dynamics Program of the National Science Foundation under grant ATM-9873691.