Modulation of the diurnal cycle of tropical deep convective clouds by the MJO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Tian, Baijun ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RESEARCH; TROPICS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 33845640505     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027752     Document Type: Article

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