Potential vorticity of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-78

  Zhang, Chidong ^a   Ling, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Deep convection; Diabatic heating; Dynamics; Heating; Kelvin waves; Large scale motions; Madden Julian oscillation; Potential vorticity; Precipitation; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DEEP CONVECTION; DIABATIC HEATING; KELVIN WAVES; LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RANDOM PROCESSES; STEAM CONDENSATE; VORTICITY;

HEATING;

DIABATIC PROCESS; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 84862907656     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-081.1     Document Type: Article

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