Local time variation of equatorial temperature and zonal wind anomaly (ETWA)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 631-642

  Raghavarao, R ^a,b   Suhasini, R ^a   Hoegy, W R ^b   Mayr, H G ^b   Wharton, L ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0031695154     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00130-2     Document Type: Article

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