Planetary-scale circulations forced by intraseasonal variations of observed convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1751-1758

  Hendon, Harry H ^a   Salby, Murry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTION; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 0030440035     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1751:PSCFBI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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