The effect of model bias on the equatorward propagation of extratropical waves

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3249-3265

  Reynolds, Carolyn ^a   Gelaro, Ronald ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EQUATORWARD WAVE PROPAGATION; EXTRATROPICAL WAVES;

WIND;

EID: 0031344647     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<3249:TEOMBO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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