Kinetic energy budget for the Madden-Julian oscillation in a multiscale framework

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5386-5403

  Zhou, Lei ^a,b   Sobel, Adam H ^a,c   Murtugudde, Raghu ^d  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy budget balance; Energy transport; Intraseasonal variability; Kinetic energy; Madden Julian oscillation; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL VARIABILTY;

BUDGET CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY;

KINETICS;

ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 84865066434     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00339.1     Document Type: Article

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