The modulation of tropical storm activity in the Western North Pacific by the Madden-Julian Oscillation in GEOS-5 AGCM experiments

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 335-341

  Kim, Dongmin ^a   Lee, Myong In ^a   Kim, Hye Mi ^b   Schubert, Siegfried D ^c   Yoo, Jin Ho ^d  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AGCM; GEOS 5; MJO; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911147973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.509     Document Type: Article

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