Radar observations of MJO and Kelvin wave interactions during DYNAMO/ CINDY2011/AMIE

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6347-6367

  DePasquale, Amanda ^a   Schumacher, Courtney ^a   Rapp, Anita ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; EXPERIMENTS; GRAVITY WAVES; RADAR; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; INDIAN OCEAN EXPERIMENTS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

MOISTURE;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLOUD COVER; KELVIN WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVE MODELING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84903287579     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021031     Document Type: Article

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