Meridional migration of tropical convergence zones

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1189-1202

  Srinivasan, J ^a   Smith, G L ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE ZONES; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; ERBE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MERIDIONAL MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TCZ; TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPICS;

EID: 0030460380     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1189:MMOTCZ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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