Interactions of synoptic and planetary waves: Scale-dependent forcing of a GCM

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 876-894

  Straus, David M ^a   Yi, Yuhong ^a  

^a Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CIRCULATION; GCM; PLANETARY WAVE; SYNOPTIC WAVE;

EID: 0031671659     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0876:IOSAPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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