Rapid transitions in zonal wind around the tropical tropopause and their relation to the amplified equatorial kelvin waves

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-16

  Nishi, Noriyuki ^a   Suzuki, Junko ^a   Hamada, Atsushi ^a   Shiotani, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34247101015     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2007-004     Document Type: Article

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