Mechanism of the northward-propagating intraseasonal oscillation: Insights from a zonally symmetric model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 952-972

  Drbohlav, Hae Kyung Lee ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; BAROTROPIC MODE; MONSOON; WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC MODE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION;

EID: 17744386135     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3306.1     Document Type: Article

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