Role of the boundary layer moisture asymmetry in causing the eastward propagation of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4914-4931

  Hsu, Pang Chi ^a   Li, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Moisture moisture budget

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ASCENDING FLOW; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LEADING TERMS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MOISTURE ADVECTION; MOISTURE BUDGET; MOISTURE GRADIENT; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SST ANOMALIES; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; VERTICAL ADVECTION; WAVE DYNAMICS; WESTERN PACIFIC; ZONAL ASYMMETRY;

ADVECTION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVES;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84865108980     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00310.1     Document Type: Article

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