Convectively coupled equatorial waves: A new methodology for identifying wave structures in observational data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1637-1654

  Yang, Gui Ying ^a   Hoskins, Brian ^a   Slingo, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION;

EQUATORIAL WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CONVECTION; COUPLING; DATA INTERPRETATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE;

EID: 0041624240     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1637:CCEWAN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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