Extended EOF analysis of tropical disturbances: TOGA COARE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2363-2372

  Fraedrich, Klaus ^a   Mcbride, John L ^b   Frank, William M ^c   Wang, Risheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DATA PROCESSING; DRYING; HEATING; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

TROPICAL DISTURBANCES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; TOGA COARE; ZONAL WINDS;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031251725     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2363:EEAOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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