Episodic trade wind regimes over the western Pacific warm pool

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2020-2034

  Johnson, Richard H ^a   Lin, Xin ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HEATING; WETTING;

EPISODIC TRADE WINDS;

WIND;

PACIFIC WARM POOL; TOGA COARE; TRADE WINDS;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031200841     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2020:ETWROT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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