Variability of radiative cooling during the Asian summer monsoon and its influence on intraseasonal waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 941-966

  Mehta, Amita V ^a   Smith, Eric A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY; INTRASEASONAL WAVE; LARGE SCALE; MONSOON; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ASIA;

EID: 0031444329     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0941:VORCDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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