Nonlinear dynamics and regional variations in the MJO skeleton

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3053-3071

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Stechmann, Samuel N ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Nonlinear models; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE RESPONSE EXPERIMENTS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; IRREGULAR FLUCTUATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHASE SPEED; QUADRUPOLES; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TOTAL ENERGY; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL VARIABILTY; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VORTEX STRUCTURES; WARM POOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTS; LAKES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

DYNAMICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WARM POOL;

EID: 84855808277     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-053.1     Document Type: Article

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