The modulation of the subtropical and extratropical atmosphere in the Pacific basin in response to the Madden-Julian oscillation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2761-2779

  Moore, Richard W ^a,b   Martius, Olivia ^a   Spengler, Thomas ^a,c  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS; SURFACE CYCLONE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WAVEBREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOLOGY; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77958449813     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3194.1     Document Type: Article

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