Poleward-propagating intraseasonal monsoon disturbances in an intermediate-complexity axisymmetric model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 470-489

  Bellon, Gilles ^a   Sobel, Adam ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HOPF BIFURCATION; MOISTURE; MOMENTUM;

MEAN FLOW; MONSOON; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM TROPICAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HOPF BIFURCATION; MOISTURE; MOMENTUM; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION MODELING; HEAT FLUX; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; OSCILLATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 40949089751     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2339.1     Document Type: Article

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