Zonal and vertical structure of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2790-2809

  Kiladis, George N ^a   Straub, Katherine H ^b   Haertel, Patrick T ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUD MORPHOLOGY; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); SHALLOW CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 23644437569     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3520.1     Document Type: Review

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