Cross-equatorially radiating stratospheric Rossby waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1483-1486

  O'Sullivan, Donal ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

DISTRIBUTION MAPS; EQUATORIAL WINDS; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; EXTRATROPICS; LOW LATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; QUASI-STATIONARY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES;

MECHANICAL WAVES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ROSSBY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LARGE SCALE; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WESTERLIES;

EID: 0031154012     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01336     Document Type: Article

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