Intraseasonal modes of variability affecting the South Atlantic Convergence Zone

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1165-1180

  Cunningham, Christopher Alexander Castro ^a   Cavalcanti, Iracema Fonseca de Albuquerque ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal; MJO; PSA; SACZ

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICS;

INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL WAVETRAIN; SUBTROPICAL FLOW; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA SET; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NOAA SATELLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745877945     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1309     Document Type: Article

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