On the relationship between QBO and distribution of tropical deep convection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liess, Stefan ^a,b   Geller, Marvin A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANNUAL CYCLE; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; EAST PACIFIC; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; ISOLATED REGIONS; MODELING ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR IMPACT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERIC BIENNIAL OSCILLATION;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84856972074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016317     Document Type: Article

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