Systematic variation in wintertime precipitation in East Asia by MJO-induced extratropical vertical motion

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 788-801

  Jeong, Jee Hoon ^a   Kim, Bae Min ^a   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a   Noh, Yeon Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

DIABATIC HEATING; GENERALIZED OMEGA EQUATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 40849124471     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1801.1     Document Type: Article

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