A theory for the tropical tropospheric biennial oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2209-2224

  Chang, C P ^a   Tim Li, ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS; WIND;

TROPOSPHERIC BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; WALKER CIRCULATION;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; MONSOON; OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0034233392     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2209:ATFTTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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