Structural evolution in heating profiles of the MJO in global reanalyses and TRMM retrievals

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 825-842

  Ling, Jian ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Diabatic heating; MaddenndashJulian oscillation; Oscillations; Satellite observations; Tropics

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DIABATIC HEATING; MADDENNDASHJULIAN OSCILLATION; OSCILLATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

DATA PROCESSING; LAKES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RESEARCH; SATELLITES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TROPICS;

HEATING;

ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; DIABATIC PROCESS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WARM POOL;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79953775726     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3826.1     Document Type: Article

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