Modulation of the boreal wintertime Madden-Julian oscillation by the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1392-1398

  Yoo, Changhyun ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

interannual variability; intraseasonal variability; MJO; QBO

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOREAL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY; WIND SHEAR; WINTER;

EID: 84959441574     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067762     Document Type: Article

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