Ocean-atmosphere coupling in the monsoon intraseasonal oscillation: A simple model study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5254-5270

  Bellon, Gilles ^a,b   Sobel, Adam H ^a   Vialard, Jerome ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT FLUX; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ASIAN CONTINENTS; ASIAN MONSOONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC OSCILLATIONS; BAY OF BENGAL; BOREAL WINTERS; COUPLED MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM THEORIES; IN PHASE; INDIAN OCEANS; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITIES; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LINEAR MODELS; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MIXED LAYERS; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; PACIFIC SECTORS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SIMPLE MODELS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; UPPER OCEANS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 56349121203     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2305.1     Document Type: Article

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