Propagation and initiation mechanism of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Seo, Kyong Hwan ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation of MJO; MJO; Propagation of MJO

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0742322563     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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