Sensitivity to Madden-Julian Oscillation variations on heavy precipitation over the contiguous United States

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 147-148, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-26

  Jones, Charles ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy precipitation; Madden Julian oscillation; Regional modeling

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; REGIONAL MODEL; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901460384     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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