Why are the climatological zonal winds easterly in the equatorial upper troposphere?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1353-1364

  Lee, Sukyoung ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGICAL ZONAL WINDS; EQUATORIAL UPPER TROPOSPHERE; MAINLY JULIAN OSCILLATION;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0033562191     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1353:watczw>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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