Clouds associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation: A new perspective from Cloudsat

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3032-3051

  Riley, Emily M ^a   Mapes, Brian E ^a   Tulich, Stefan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Kelvin waves; Madden Julian oscillation; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHASIS; CLOUD COVERAGE; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD TYPES; CLOUDSAT; COMPLEX NATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; INDIAN OCEAN; KELVIN WAVES; LOCAL PHASE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MOISTURE VARIATION; MULTI-SCALE FEATURES; OBJECTIVE REPRESENTATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SHALLOW CLOUDS; TOTAL CLOUD COVER;

COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES; RAIN; TOOLS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CUMULUS; KELVIN WAVE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAINFALL;

INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 81155150762     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-030.1     Document Type: Article

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