Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves: Analysis of Clouds and Temperature in the Wavenumber-Frequency Domain

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 374-399

  Wheeler, Matthew ^a,c   Kiladis, George N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COUPLED EQUATORIAL WAVES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS (OLR); WAVENUMBER-FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0033077602     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0374:CCEWAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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