Deep convective systems observed by a-train in the tropical indo-pacific region affected by the MJO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-486

  Yuan, Jian ^a   Houze, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Convective storms; Madden Julian oscillation; Mesoscale systems; Satellite observations; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEPARATION; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

%MOISTURE; CONNECTED SYSTEMS; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; LARGE-SCALES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIDTROPOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84874995193     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-057.1     Document Type: Article

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