Stratospheric control of the madden-julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1909-1922

  Son, Seok Woo ^a   Lim, Yuna ^a   Yoo, Changhyun ^b   Hendon, Harry H ^c   Kim, Joowan ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ENSO; Interannual variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Quasibiennial oscillation; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 85014549689     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0620.1     Document Type: Article

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