Convective characteristics of the madden-julian oscillation over the central indian ocean observed by shipborne radar during DYNAMO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2859-2877

  Xu, Weixin ^a   Rutledge, Steven A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SHIPS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

COMPOSITE STATISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHIP-BORNE RADARS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRMM; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84904888540     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0372.1     Document Type: Article

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