The ITCZ in the central and eastern Pacific on synoptic time scales

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1405-1421

  Wang, Chia Chi ^a   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; TROPICS; VORTEX FLOW;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SYNOPTIC TIME SCALES; TROPICAL DEPRESSION STRENGTH; TROPICAL DISTURBANCES; VORTEX ROLLUP (VR) MECHANISM; WESTWARD-PROPAGATING DISTURBANCES (WPDS);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASON; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33744726546     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3130.1     Document Type: Article

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