Kinematic and thermodynamic characteristics of the flow over the western Pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 695-715

  Lin, Xin ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HORIZONTAL VARIATION; ITCZ; TOGA COARE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030467436     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0695:KATCOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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