Tropical zonal momentum balance in the NCEP reanalyses

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7 II, 2005, Pages 2499-2513

  Dima, Ioana M ^a   Wallace, John M ^a   Kraucunas, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

EDDY MOMENTUM FLUXES; ROSSBY WAVES; ZONAL MOMENTUM BALANCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 14744295090     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3486.1     Document Type: Article

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