Impact of the MJO on the boreal winter extratropical circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6055-6062

  Garfinkel, Chaim I ^a   Benedict, James J ^b   Maloney, Eric D ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEAT FLUX; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 84906526070     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061094     Document Type: Article

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