Which MJO events affect north american temperatures?

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3840-3850

  Schreck, Carl J ^a   Cordeira, Jason M ^b,c   Margolin, David ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EarthRisk Technologies   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EarthRisk Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO; LA NINA; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; WAVE BREAKING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84888398516     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00118.1     Document Type: Article

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