Near-global impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on rainfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Donald, Alexis ^a   Meinke, Holger ^a   Power, Brendan ^a   Maia, Aline de H N ^b   Wheeler, Matthew C ^c   White, Neil ^a   Stone, Roger C ^a,d   Ribbe, Joachim ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (MSLP) PATTERNS; NEAR-GLOBAL; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON;

GEOPHYSICS;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33745713487     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025155     Document Type: Article

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