Large-scale distinctions between MJO and non-MJO convective initiation over the tropical Indian Ocean

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2696-2712

  Ling, Jian ^a,b   Zhang, Chidong ^a   Bechtold, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MARITIME CONTINENT; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE PRESSURES; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; LOW PRESSURE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84884949776     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-029.1     Document Type: Article

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