Extended Eliassen-Palm fluxes associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation in the stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Weare, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOSPHERE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; FLUX FLOW; HIGHER LATITUDES; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; LOW LATITUDES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN CANADA; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL COMPONENT; WAVE ENERGY; WESTERN PACIFIC OCEANS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERICS;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE ENERGY; ZONAL WIND;

CANADA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 78650558585     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014390     Document Type: Article

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