The influences of zonal flow on wave breaking and tropical-extratropical interaction in the lower stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2379-2392

  Chen, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0030417709     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2379:TIOZFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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