Impact of mesoscale momentum transport on large-scale tropical dynamics: Linear analysis of the shallow-water analog

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1038-1050

  Yano, Jun Ichi ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; CONVECTION; TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; MESOSCALE; MOMENTUM TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICS;

EID: 0031833192     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1038:IOMMTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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