Propagation and the vertical structure of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3018-3037

  Sperber, Kenneth R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0345581033     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<3018:PATVSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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