Latitude and altitude dependence of the interannual variability and trends of atmospheric temperatures

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 775-792

  Kane, R P ^a   Buriti, R A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric temperature; Quasi biennial oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION;

EID: 0031395765     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050052     Document Type: Article

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