Ocean Rossby waves as a triggering mechanism for primary Madden-Julian events

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 663, 2012, Pages 514-527

  Webber, Benjamin G M ^a   Matthews, Adrian J ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Stevens, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equatorial Rossby waves; Indian Ocean dynamics; Intraseasonal variability

Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DOWN-WELLING; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; INDIAN OCEAN DYNAMICS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN DYNAMICS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE FLUX; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MIXED LAYER; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84858287567     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.936     Document Type: Article

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