Local and remote atmospheric response to tropical instability waves: A global view from space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D10, 2001, Pages 10173-10185

  Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b   Liu, W Timothy ^c   Takeuchi, Kensuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; INSTABILITY; LA NINA; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034952231     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900684     Document Type: Article

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