The atmospheric dynamics of intraseasonal length-of-day fluctuations during the austral winter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3043-3058

  Feldstein, Steven B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; AUSTRAL WINTER; INTRASEASONAL LENGTH OF DAY FLUCTUATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AERODYNAMICS; FRICTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; TORQUE;

AERODYNAMICS; DAY LENGTH; FRICTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0033386845     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3043:TADOIL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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