Convectively coupled equatorial waves. Part III: Synthesis structures and their forcing and evolution

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3438-3451

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROTROPIC STRUCTURE; CONVECTIVE FORCING; EASTWARD-MOVING FIELDS; EQUATORIAL CONVECTION; KELVIN WAVE; MIDTROPOSPHERIC ZONAL WIND; WESTWARD-MOVING FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAVITY WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC WAVE; DIVERGENCE; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GEOPOTENTIAL; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 35748981163     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4019.1     Document Type: Article

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