Intraseasonal variability in a dry atmospheric model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2422-2441

  Lin, Hai ^a   Brunet, Gilbert ^a   Derome, Jacques ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

DRY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MEAN FLOW; TRANSIENT EDDIES; TROPICAL FORCING; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; KELVIN WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 34547730163     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3955.1     Document Type: Article

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