Indo-Pacific Ocean response to atmospheric intraseasonal variability: 1. Austral summer and the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Waliser, Duane E ^a   Murtugudde, Ragu ^b   Lucas, Lisanne E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial currents; Madden Julian Oscillation; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Rectification; Tropical oceanography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0042825274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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