Equatorial circumnavigation of moisture signal associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) during boreal winter

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 851-869

  Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0344898243     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.851     Document Type: Article

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