Convectively coupled equatorial waves. Part II: Propagation characteristics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3424-3437

  Yang, Gui Ying ^a   Hoskins, Brian ^a   Slingo, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONVECTIVELY COUPLED EQUATORIAL WAVES; CONVECTIVELY COUPLED KELVIN WAVES; DOPPLER SHIFTING; RADON TRANSFORM; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; RADON TRANSFORM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 35748952184     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4018.1     Document Type: Article

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