Convectively coupled equatorial waves. Part I: Horizontal and vertical structures

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3406-3423

  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; CORRELATION METHODS; GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR REGRESSION; TROPOSPHERE;

CLASSIC EQUATORIAL WAVE THEORY; EASTWARD-MOVING ROSSBY-GRAVITY; KELVIN WAVE; LOWER-TROPOSPHERIC CONVERGENCES; WESTWARD-MOVING MIXED ROSSBY-GRAVITY; ZONAL WIND AMPLITUDE;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR REGRESSION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; ENERGY FLUX; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 35748969564     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4017.1     Document Type: Article

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