Westward generation of eastward-moving tropical convective bands in TOGA COARE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 3724-3740

  Shige, Shoichi ^a   Satomura, Takehiko ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTIVE BANDS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CONVECTION; EASTERLY WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0035894686     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3724:WGOEMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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