Low-frequency equatorial waves in vertically sheared zonal flow. Part I: Stable waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-467

  Wang, Bin ^a,b   Xie, Xiaosu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; VERTICALLY SHEARED ZONAL FLOW; YANAI WAVE;

EID: 0030471279     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0449:LFEWIV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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