Differences between more divergent and more rotational types of convectively coupled equatorial waves. Part II: Composite analysis based on space-time filtering

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-34

  Yasunaga, Kazuaki ^a   Mapes, Brian ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Inertia gravity waves; Kelvin waves; Rossby waves; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; MODULATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; RAIN GAGES; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA SET; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84855816783     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-034.1     Document Type: Article

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