Behavior of one to two week summertime subtropical wind maxima over the South Pacific during an ENSO cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-16

  Ko, Ken Chung ^a   Vincent, Dayton G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; JET STREAKS; JET STREAM; SUBTROPICAL JET STREAK; SUBTROPICAL WIND MAXIMA; TROPOSPHERIC ZONAL WIND; WIND MAXIMA;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC, (SOUTH); PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0029751881     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0005:BOOTTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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