Atmospheric and surface variations during westerly wind bursts in the tropical western Pacific

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 564, 2000, Pages 899-924

  Fasullo, John ^a   Webster, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Madden Julian Oscillation; Tropical dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WESTERLY; WIND FIELD;

(TROPICAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034063482     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56406     Document Type: Article

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