Seasonal variations of 3.0~3.8-day ultra-fast Kelvin waves observed with a meteor wind radar and radiosonde in Indonesia

earth, planets and space

Volumn 51, Issue 42559, 2003, Pages 675-684

  Yoshida, S ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Shimizu, A ^a   Nakamura, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; KELVIN WAVE; SEASONALITY;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0033390118     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353225     Document Type: Article

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