The global response to tropical heating in the Madden-Julian oscillation during the northern winter

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 601 PART B, 2004, Pages 1991-2011

  Matthews, Adrian J ^a   Hoskins, Brian J ^b   Masutani, Michiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial waves; Extratropical intraseasonal variability; Rossby wave response; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEATING; OSCILLATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

GLOBAL RESPONSES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATIONS; TROPICAL HEATING;

METEOROLOGY;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 4844231277     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.123     Document Type: Article

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