Diurnal convection peaks over the eastern Indian Ocean off sumatra during different MJO phases

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 89, Issue A, 2011, Pages 317-330

  Fujita, Mikiko ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^a   Mori, Shuichi ^a   Nasuno, Tomoe ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GPS; LAND BREEZE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY; WIND;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 79957717631     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2011-A22     Document Type: Article

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