Roles of Rossby and gravity waves on circulation associated with tropical and subtropical heating

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-498

  Kosaka, Yosuke ^a   Matsuda, Yoshihisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; HEATING; ROSSBY WAVE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 27344441346     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.481     Document Type: Article

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