Oceanic Kelvin waves and the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-101

  Hendon, Harry H ^a   Liebmann, Brant ^a   Glick, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC, (EAST);

EID: 0031833773     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0088:OKWATM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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