A meteorological overview of the second Pacific Exploratory Mission in the Tropics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D23, 2001, Pages 32427-32443

  Fuelberg, Henry E ^a   Newell, Reginald E ^b   Westberg, David J ^c   Maloney, Joseph C ^a   Hannan, John R ^a   Martin, Brian D ^a   Avery, Melody A ^d   Zhu, Yong ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LA NINA; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035724186     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900173     Document Type: Review

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