Tropical stationary wave response to ENSO: Diabatic heating influence on the Indian summer monsoon

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 193-222

  Jang, Youkyoung ^a,c   Straus, David M ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; MARITIME CONTINENT; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS;

HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIABATIC PROCESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEATING; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84874978189     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-036.1     Document Type: Article

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