The 5-8-day Kelvin and Rossby waves in the tropics as revealed by ground and satellite-based observations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-55

  Sridharan, S ^a   Tsuda, T ^b   Nakamura, T ^b   Horinouchi, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; KELVIN WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERIODICITY; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; PAMEUNGPEUK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST JAVA;

EID: 43749093239     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.43     Document Type: Article

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