Modulation of Caribbean precipitation by the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 813-824

  Martin, Elinor R ^a   Schumacher, Courtney ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Jets; Madden Julian Oscillation; Precipitation; Satellite observations; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LOW LEVEL JET; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; TRADE WINDS; WIND ANOMALIES;

SATELLITES; TROPICS;

WIND;

EXTREME EVENT; JET FLOW; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRADE WIND;

EID: 79953799129     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3773.1     Document Type: Article

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