Variations in global tropical cyclone activity and the Madden-Julian Oscillation since the midtwentieth century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4199-4207

  Klotzbach, Philip J ^a   Oliver, Eric C J ^b,c  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENSO; MJO; tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HURRICANES; MODULATION; STORMS; TROPICS;

ENSO; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURFACE PRESSURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEAN BASIN; REMOTE SENSING; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84931560282     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063966     Document Type: Article

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