Stratiform precipitation, vertical heating profiles, and the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-309

  Lin, Jialin ^a,b   Mapes, Brian ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^b   Newman, Matthew ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

INTRASEASONAL HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO);

ATMOSPHERICS;

HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 1642413644     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0296:SPVHPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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