Eastern margin variability of the South Pacific Convergence Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Neelin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MASSES; COMPOSITING; DIMENSIONAL MODELS; DRY AIRS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; NATURAL VARIABILITIES; PRECIPITATION VARIATIONS; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRADE WINDS; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURES;

MOISTURE;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; TRADE WIND; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 56449131437     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034298     Document Type: Article

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