Intraseasonal variability in tropical mean temperature and precipitation and their relation to the tropical 40-50 day oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3032-3045

  Bantzer, Christian H ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0030367719     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3032:IVITMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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