Propagating versus nonpropagating Madden-Julian oscillation events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-125

  Kim, Daehyun ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b   Sobel, Adam H ^a,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BUDGET; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84889861977     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00084.1     Document Type: Article

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