MJO signals in latent heating: Results from TRMM retrievals

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3488-3508

  Zhang, Chidong ^a   Ling, Jian ^a   Hagos, Samson ^a,h   Tao, Wei Kuo ^b   Lang, Steve ^b   Takayabu, Yukari N ^c   Shige, Shoichi ^d   Katsumata, Masaki ^e   Olson, William S ^f   L'ecuyer, Tristan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent heating cooling; Madden Julian oscillation; Satellite observations; Spectral analysis models distribution

Indexed keywords

BAND PASS; DATA SETS; LATENT HEATING/COOLING; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MELTING LEVELS; PHASE RELATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL PEAK; SPECTRAL SIGNAL; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TWO-COMPONENT; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WESTERN PACIFIC OCEANS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

HEATING; RAIN;

RAIN GAGES;

COOLING; DATA SET; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 78649464936     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3398.1     Document Type: Article

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