Atmospheric intraseasonal variability at the surface in the tropical western Pacific Ocean

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 739-758

  Zhang, Chidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MOORED BUOY OBSERVATION; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE DATA ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WESTERN);

EID: 0029728965     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0739:AIVATS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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