Barotropic aspects of ITCZ breakdown

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-285

  Ferreira, Rosana Nieto ^a   Schubert, Wayne H ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; ITCZ; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0031452507     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0261:BAOIB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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