On the Madden-Julian oscillation-atlantic hurricane relationship

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-293

  Klotzbach, Philip J ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; GULF OF MEXICO; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SHORT TERM PREDICTION; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; STORMS;

TROPICS;

CYCLOGENESIS; HURRICANE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77949337572     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2978.1     Document Type: Article

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