Tropical convection on 7-21-day timescales over the western Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 587-607

  Schrage, Jon M ^a   Vincent, Dayton G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; ENSO; OSCILLATIONS; TROPICAL;

7-21-DAY TIMESCALES; ANNUAL/LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LONGWAVE RADIAITON; OSCILLATION TEST; OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL OSCILLATION;

PACIFIC, (WEST); PACIFIC, (WESTERN);

EID: 0029656553     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0587:TCODTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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