Intraseasonal variability in a two-layer model and observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1010-1028

  Keppenne, Christian L ^a   Marcus, Steven L ^b   Kimoto, Masahide ^c   Ghil, Michael ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

EXTRATROPICAL ATMOSPHERE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; TWO LAYER SHALLOW WATER MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0034034223     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1010:IVIATL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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