Observed triggering of tropical convection by a cold surge: Implications for MJO initiation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 668, 2012, Pages 1740-1750

  Wang, Lin ^a   Kodera, Kunihiko ^b,c   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

MJO dynamics; Monsoon; Pressure surge; Tropical extratropical interaction

Indexed keywords

COLD SURGE; DATA SETS; DEEP CONVECTION; EAST COAST; EXTRATROPICAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INITIATION PHASE; MADAGASCAR; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MONSOON; PRESSURE SURGES; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL INTERACTIONS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATA SET; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84868106951     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1905     Document Type: Article

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