Mode selection, wave breaking and parametric sensitivity in the quasi-biennial oscillation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 543, 1997, Pages 2041-2068

  Li, X ^a   Read, P L ^a   Andrews, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta plane model; Equatorial trapped waves; Newtonian damping; Rayleigh friction; Wave mean flow interactions

Indexed keywords

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0031399604     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54312     Document Type: Article

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