Extratropical forcing of tropical convection in a northern winter simulation with the UGAMP GCM

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 545, 1998, Pages 27-51

  Slingo, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betts Miller parametrization; Pacific waveguide; Tropical extratropical interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002750464     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54502     Document Type: Article

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