The precipitating cloud population of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian and west Pacific Oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6996-7023

  Barnes, Hannah C ^a   Houze, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Madden Julian Oscillation; TRMM; tropical convection; tropical meteorology; vertical wind shear

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TROPOSPHERE;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TRMM; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLOUD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOMENTUM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; TRMM; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84880873371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50375     Document Type: Article

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