Atmospheric angular momentum fluctuations during 1979-1988 simulated by global circulation models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16423-16438

  Hide, R ^a,c   Dickey, J O ^a   Marcus, S L ^a   Rosen, R D ^b   Salstein, D A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031391473     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00699     Document Type: Article

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