Mechanisms of the formation of intraseasonal oscillations and Australian monsoon disturbances: The roles of convection, barotropic and baroclinic instability

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-56

  Frederiksen, J S ^a   Frederiksen, C S ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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