A new look at the midlatitude-MJO teleconnection in the northern hemisphere winter

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 615, 2006, Pages 485-503

  Kim, Baek Min ^a   Lim, Gyu Ho ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Pacific jet; Baroclinic Jet Source; Generalized omega equation

Indexed keywords

JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

ASIAN-PACIFIC JET; BAROCLINIC JET SOURCE; DIABATIC HEATING PROCESS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; GENERALIZED OMEGA EQUATION;

METEOROLOGY;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

EID: 33645528930     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.87     Document Type: Article

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