Moisture modes and the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3031-3046

  Raymond, David J ^a   Fuchs, Z̧eljka ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORECASTS; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; ENTROPY TRANSPORT; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; KELVIN WAVES; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PLANE MODEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; UNSTABLE MODES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BETA-PLANE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENTROPY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATURATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 67650559423     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2739.1     Document Type: Article

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