Composite singular value decomposition analysis of moisture variations associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation: ERA-40 analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4329-4335

  Weare, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; MOISTURE;

COMPOSITE SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION (CSVD); MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); MOISTURE PRECONDITIONING; MOISTURE VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HUMIDITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

EID: 28244458431     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3540.1     Document Type: Article

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