Shallow meridional circulation in the tropical eastern Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Zhang, Chidong ^a   McGauley, Michael ^a   Bond, Nicholas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA REDUCTION; TROPOSPHERE;

DATA SETS; SHALLOW MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; TROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 1442291181     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0133:SMCITT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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