Northward propagation of the subseasonal variability over the eastern Pacific warm pool

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Jiang, Xianan ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; EASTERN PACIFIC; KEY FACTORS; MEAN FLOWS; PHASE SPEEDS; PROPAGATION FEATURES; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY; VERTICAL SHEAR; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WARM POOL; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 48549096799     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033723     Document Type: Article

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