Climate simulations of African easterly waves

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1747-1769

  Fyfe, John C ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; CLIMATE SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; FORECASTING METHOD; WAVE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032716734     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1747:CSOAEW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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