Wave-mean flow interaction associated with a QBO-like oscillation simulated in a simplified GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 502-526

  Horinouchi, Takeshi ^a,b   Yoden, Shigeo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; GCM; GRAVITY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0031807213     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0502:WMFIAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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