The Madden-Julian oscillation's influence on African easterly waves and downstream tropical cyclogenesis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2704-2722

  Ventrice, Michael J ^a   Thorncroft, Chris D ^a   Roundy, Paul E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Hurricanes; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Tropical variabilty; Waves

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; CYCLONIC SHEAR; ENHANCED CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SUMMER MONTHS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL VARIABILTY;

ATMOSPHERICS; HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; WAVES;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; HURRICANE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 80053203326     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05028.1     Document Type: Article

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