Diurnal and semidiurnal tides in global surface pressure fields

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3874-3891

  Dai, Aiguo ^a   Wang, Junhong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OZONE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIDES;

GLOBAL SURFACE PRESSURE FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURE; TIDE;

EID: 0033570558     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3874:DASTIG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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