The role of equatorial waves forced by convection in the tropical semiannual oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1925-1942

  Sassi, Fabrizio ^a   Garcia, Rolando R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

KELVIN WAVES; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATIONS (SAO);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE; CONVECTION; WAVE;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; MESOSPHERE; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0031200754     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1925:TROEWF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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