Westward propagation of latitudinal asymmetry in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3236-3250

  Xie, Shang Ping ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CONTINENTAL ASYMMETRIES; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; HEMISPHERE ASYMMETRY; ITCZ; LAND FORCING; TRANSMITTANCE; WAVE FRONT; WESTWARD PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0030433816     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3236:WPOLAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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