Barrier effect of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Continent on the MJO: Perspectives from tracking MJO precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 3439-3459

  Zhang, Chidong ^a   Ling, Jian ^b,c  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

BARRIER EFFECTS; LAND SEA DISTRIBUTION; LARGE SCALE CONDITIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; TRACKING METHOD;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRACKING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 85017512697     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0614.1     Document Type: Article

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