Fast, eastward-moving disturbances in the surface winds of the equatorial Pacific

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-41

  Milliff, Ralph F ^a   Hoar, Timothy J ^a   Madden, Roland A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN INTERACTION; PROPAGATION SPEED; TROPICAL OSCILLATION; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0031802628     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i1.14510     Document Type: Article

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