Origin of convectively coupled Kelvin waves over South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 300-315

  Liebmann, Brant ^a   Kiladis, George N ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^b   Jones, Charles ^c   Vera, Carolina S ^d   Bladé, Ileana ^e   Allured, Dave ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; COLD AIRS; COLD FRONTS; COLD SURGES; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEANS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; KELVIN WAVES; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MID-LATITUDES; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; RAINFALL DATUM; RE-ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL FILTERING; WAVE TRAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

COASTAL ZONES;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; COLD AIR; COLD FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; KELVIN WAVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60749091730     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2340.1     Document Type: Article

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