Tropical wave driving of the annual cycle in tropical tropopause temperatures. Part II: Model results

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1420-1431

  Norton, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVES;

EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; GILL MODEL; STATIONARY WAVES; TROPICAL HEATING; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE;

TROPOSPHERE;

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVES;

ANNUAL CYCLE; MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SIMULATION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33744477363     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3698.1     Document Type: Article

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