Mechanism of broad spectrum of variabilities in the tropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-326

  Rameshan, K ^a   Goswami, P ^a  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE HEATING; HORIZONTAL DYNAMICS; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; QUASIPERIODIC OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION TIME SCALE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIO TEMPORAL FEATURES;

TROPICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033084060     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900004     Document Type: Article

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