Mechanisms of arctic surface air temperature change in response to the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5777-5790

  Yoo, Changhyun ^a,b   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Large scale motions; Madden Julian oscillation; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOREAL WINTERS; CONVECTIVE HEATING; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; PHASE 1; ROSSBY WAVE; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; THERMODYNAMIC ENERGY; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED RADIATION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COOLING; EDDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; THERMODYNAMICS; WARMING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84867213082     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00566.1     Document Type: Article

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