Interaction of tropical deep convection with the large-scale circulation in the MJO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1837-1853

  Tromeur, Eric ^a   Rossow, William B ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CONVECTIVE HEATING; DATA SETS; DEEP CONVECTION; DIABATIC HEATING; DYNAMIC REORGANIZATION; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; REANALYSIS; STRONG INTERACTION; SURFACE FLUX; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL CLOUDS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVE MOTIONS; WIND ANOMALIES;

AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEATING; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; REINFORCEMENT; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ADVECTION; AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77953695065     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3240.1     Document Type: Article

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