Westerly wind burst and their relationship with intraseasonal variations and ENSO. Part I: Statistics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3325-3345

  Seiki, Ayako ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS;

WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 35748935860     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3477.1     Document Type: Article

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