Contrasting characteristics between the northward and eastward propagation of the intraseasonal oscillation during the boreal summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 727-743

  Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^a   Weng, Chun Hsiung ^a   Wu, Cheng Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; MOISTURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND POWER;

BOREAL SUMMER; CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY OF THE SECOND KIND (CISK); INTERSEASONAL OSCILLATION (ISO); LANDMASS; LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; SURFACE SENSIBLE HEATING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 1842481326     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0727:CCBTNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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