The modulation of planetary wave propagation by the tropical QBO zonal winds and the associated effects in the residual meridional circulation

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-204

  Chen, Wen ^a   Huang, Ronghui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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Indexed keywords

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0032884322     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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