The role of equatorial waves in the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon and the demise of El Niño during 1998

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 216-238

  Straub, Katherine H ^a   Kiladis, George N ^b   Ciesielski, Paul E ^c  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o phenomena; Kelvin waves; Monsoons; Oscillations; Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOONS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

METEOROLOGY; TROPICS; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EL NINO; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SURFACE WIND; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33749681135     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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