Maintenance of the African easterly jet

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 555, 1999, Pages 763-786

  Thorncroft, C D ^a   Blackburn, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convection; Dynamics; General circulation model; Tropical atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032807715     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712555502     Document Type: Article

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