Seasonal dependence of the MJO-ENSO relationship

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-543

  Hendon, Harry H ^a   Wheeler, Matthew C ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANOMALY; AUTUMN; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFIED FLOW; WARM POOL; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 33847385448     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4003.1     Document Type: Article

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