Convectively coupled Kelvin waves over tropical Africa during the boreal summer: Structure and variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6649-6667

  Mekonnen, Ademe ^a   Thorncroft, Chris D ^a   Aiyyer, Anantha R ^b   Kiladis, George N ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DAILY RAINFALLS; DYNAMICAL FIELDS; EASTERLY WAVES; EASTERN PACIFIC; INDIAN OCEANS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; KELVIN WAVES; SST ANOMALIES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TELECONNECTION; WESTERN ATLANTIC;

COASTAL ZONES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; KELVIN WAVE; OCEAN BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 60749104742     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2008.1     Document Type: Article

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