Interaction of extratropical Rossby waves with westerly quasi-biennial oscillation winds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 19461-19469

  O'Sullivan, Donal ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVES;

EID: 0031395488     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01524     Document Type: Article

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