Modulation of the extratropical circulation by combined activity of the Madden-Julian oscillation and equatorial rossby waves during boreal winter

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1347-1357

  Gloeckler, Lawrence C ^a   Roundy, Paul E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; EMPIRICAL PREDICTIONS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; DUCTS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84878188868     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00179.1     Document Type: Article

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