Zonal momentum budget of the Madden-Julian oscillation: The source and strength of equivalent linear damping

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7 I, 2005, Pages 2172-2188

  Lin, Jia Lin ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^b   Mapes, Brian ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMPING; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; EQUIVALENT LINEAR DAMPING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; WIND DAMPING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 26244465027     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3471.1     Document Type: Article

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