Effects of the mean walker circulations on the zonal variability of tropical CISK waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-376

  Shen, Weixing ^a,c   Geller, Marvin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT CONVECTION; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE WAVES; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEAN WALKER CIRCULATION; TROPICAL WAVES; ZONAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032004545     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0361:EOTMWC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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