HRDI observations of mean meridional winds at solstice

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1887-1896

  Lieberman, R S ^a,k   Robinson, W A ^b   Franke, S J ^b   Vincent, R A ^c   Isler, J R ^d   Fritts, D C ^d   Manson, A H ^e   Meek, C E ^e   Fraser, G J ^f   Fahrutdinova, A ^g   Hocking, W ^h   Thayaparan, T ^h   MacDougall, J ^h   Igarashi, K ⁱ   Nakamura, T ^j   Tsuda, T ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^g KAZAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

^j KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLSTICE; WIND;

EID: 0031666538     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1887:HOOMMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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