Systematic multiscale models for the tropics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 393-408

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Klein, Rupert ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WATER;

ROSSBY WAVES;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0141689563     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<0393:SMMFTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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