Convective momentum transport associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation based on a reanalysis dataset

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5763-5782

  Oh, Ji Hyun ^a,b   Jiang, Xianan ^a,b   Waliser, Duane E ^a,b   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^c   Johnson, Richard H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation; Momentum; Reanalysis data; Shear structure flows; Subgrid scale processes; Transport

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; SUB-GRID SCALE PROCESS; TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NOAA SATELLITE; SHEAR FLOW; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84932195004     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00570.1     Document Type: Article

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