Equatorial waves in a general circulation model simulating a Quasi-Biennial-Oscillation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 529-539

  Takahashi, Masaaki ^a   Zhao, Nan ^a   Kumakura, Toshiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0038867416     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.2_529     Document Type: Article

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