Processes controlling the surface temperature signature of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the thermocline ridge of the Indian Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2217-2234

  Jayakumar, A ^a   Vialard, Jérôme ^b,c   Lengaigne, M ^b,c   Gnanaseelan, C ^a   McCreary, Julian P ^d   Kumar, B Praveen ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Interannual variability; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian Oscillation; Mixed layer processes; Thermocline ridge

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS; WINTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 81455128347     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0953-5     Document Type: Article

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