Studies on equatorial waves over the Indian zone

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 475-487

  Sasi, M N ^a   Ramkumar, Geetha ^a   Krishna Murthy, B V ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b Ceebros ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Equatorial waves; Kelvin waves; Momentum flux; Momentum flux divergence; Semi annual oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944447981     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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