Upper atmosphere tidal oscillations due to latent heat release in the tropical troposphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1165-1175

  Forbes, J M ^a   Hagan, M E ^b   Zhang, X ^a   Hamilton, K ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0642343465     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1165-0     Document Type: Article

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