Intraseasonal variability and seasonal March of the moist static energy budget over the Eastern maritime continent during CINDY2011/DYNAMO

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 93A, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-100

  Yokoi, Satoru ^a,b   Sobel, Adam H ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Australasian monsoon; CINDY2011 DYNAMO; Maritime continent; MJO; Moist static energy budget

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ENERGY BUDGET; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AUSTRALASIA;

EID: 84955135725     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2015-041     Document Type: Article

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