Modulation of tropical intraseasonal oscillations by ocean-atmosphere coupling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-391

  Rajendran, K ^a   Kitoh, A ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; FRICTIONAL WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATIONS; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; SEASONALITY;

EID: 33645231654     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3638.1     Document Type: Article

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