A coupled GCM analysis of MJO activity at the onset of El Niño

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 966-983

  Marshall, Andrew G ^a,b   Alves, O ^a   Hendon, H H ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODELS; DOWN-WELLING; EASTERN PACIFIC; HEAT CONTENTS; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEANIC KELVIN WAVES; PACIFIC OCEAN; RESEARCH SUPPORT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SST ANOMALIES; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; ENTHALPY; GRAVITY WAVES; IMPACT STRENGTH; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WIND EFFECTS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DOWNWELLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 66849085116     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2855.1     Document Type: Article

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