The latitudinal structure of the quasi-biennial oscillation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 552, 1998, Pages 2645-2670

  Haynes, Peter H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dynamics; Stratosphere; Tropical; Two dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MODELING; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032468684     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55205     Document Type: Article

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