Low-frequency oscillations and associated wave motions over Eurasia

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-253

  Wang, Xiaolan ^a   Corte Real, João ^a   Zhang, Xuebin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; LOW FREQUENCY; MONSOONS; OSCILLATIONS; VARIABILITY; WAVES;

LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; QUASI PERIODIC OSCILLATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE MOTION;

EURASIA;

EID: 0029675778     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i2.12058     Document Type: Article

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