Effects of the low-frequency zonal wind variation on the high frequency atmospheric variability over the tropics

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-507

  Sooraj, K P ^a   Kim, Daehyun ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b   Yeh, Sang Wook ^c   Jin, Fei Fei ^b   Kang, In Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aqua planet experiments; ENSO MJO interaction; High freqeuncy variability; Scale interaction; State dependent noise

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FORCING; CONVERGENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 67849121191     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0483-6     Document Type: Article

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