Analysis of convectively coupled Kelvin waves in the Indian ocean MJO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1342-1359

  Roundy, Paul E ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DEAS ES351 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; NATURAL CONVECTION;

DEE P CONVECTION; EVOLUTION (CO); FREQUENCY MODES; INDIAN OCEANS; KELVIN WAVES; LOCAL EXTREMA; MADDEN JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION (OLR); PHASE SPEEDS; RE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SCALING; SUPERCLUSTERS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

WAVES;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; KELVIN WAVE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OUTFLOW; PHASE VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 45849111484     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2345.1     Document Type: Article

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