MJO in EOS MLS Cloud Ice and Water Vapor
Abstract
MLS cloud ice and water vapor fields are used in conjunction with ECMWF analyses and TRMM rainfall rates to study spatial-temporal evolution of the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO). MLS measurements provide unprecedented vertical resolution of ice and water vapor in the upper troposphere. MJO events are identified using extended empirical orthogonal function (EEEOF) analysis. Phase relationships between the fields and vertical correlations are examined.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006AGUFM.A11B0868S
- Keywords:
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- 3310 Clouds and cloud feedbacks;
- 3314 Convective processes;
- 3374 Tropical meteorology