Interannual modes of variability in atmospheric angular momentum

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2834-2849

  Black, Robert X ^a,b   Salstein, David A ^b   Rosen, Richard D ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0030404902     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2834:IMOVIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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