The surface branch of the zonally averaged mass transport circulation in the troposphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1688-1697

  Held, Isaac M ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACES;

MASS TRANSPORT CIRCULATION; SURFACE BRANCH;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MASS TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033150008     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1688:TSBOTZ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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