Westerly wind events in the tropical pacific, 1986-95

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3131-3156

  Harrison, D E ^a,c   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND;

WESTERLY WIND EVENT; WIND ANOMALY;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0031390793     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<3131:WWEITT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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