Equatorial oscillations maintained by gravity waves as described with the Doppler Spread Parameterization : I. Numerical experiments

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-199

  Mayr, H G ^a   Mengel, J G ^b   Chan, K L ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; GRAVITY WAVE; LARGE SCALE;

EID: 0031776279     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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