Climatology of tropical intraseasonal convective anomalies: 1979-2002

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 523-539

  Jones, Charles ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^b   Wayne Higgins, R ^c   Waliser, Duane E ^d   Schemm, J K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS;

COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION (OLR);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1642300788     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0523:COTICA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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