Thermally forced surface winds on an equatorial beta plane

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2029-2037

  Wu, Zhaohua ^a   Sarachik, E S ^a   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MOISTURE; TROPICS;

EQUATORIAL BETA PLANE; SURFACE WINDS;

WIND;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032695292     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2029:TFSWOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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