The growth and triggering mechanisms of the PNA: A MJO-PNA coherence

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-236

  Mori, Masato ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC WAVE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET STREAM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TELECONNECTION; VORTICITY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 43749101346     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.213     Document Type: Article

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