Oceanic Regulation of the Atmospheric Walker Circulation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Liu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC REGULATION; WALKER CELL; WALKER CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030722081     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0407:OROTAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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