The influence of cross-equatorial pressure gradients on the location of near-equatorial convection

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 556, 1999, Pages 1107-1127

  Tomas, Robert A ^a   Holton, James R ^b   Webster, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Modelling; Tropical dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032782730     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1999.49712555603     Document Type: Article

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