Horizontal and vertical structures of the northward-propagating intraseasonal oscillation in the south Asian monsoon region simulated by an intermediate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4278-4286

  Drbohlav, Hae Kyung Lee ^a,c   Wang, Bin ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; WIND;

BAROTROPIC DIVERGENCE; BOREAL SUMMER INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION (BSISO); KELVIN-ROSSBY WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERMEDIATE MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EASTERLY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548475545     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4244.1     Document Type: Article

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