Dynamics of 2-day equatorial waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2707-2721

  Haertel, Patrick T ^a   Kiladis, George N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

EQUATORIAL WESTERN PACIFIC WAVES; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURE;

WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); WORLD;

EID: 11144289069     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3352.1     Document Type: Article

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