Large-scale atmospheric and oceanic conditions during the 2011-12 DYNAMO field campaign

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4173-4196

  Gottschalck, Jon ^a   Roundy, Paul E ^b   Schreck, Carl J ^a,c   Vintzileos, Augustin ^d   Zhang, Chidong ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

CONVECTIVE INITIATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; OCEANIC VARIABILITIES; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84893016157     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00022.1     Document Type: Article

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