Some space-time spectral analyses of tropical convection and planetary-scale waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2936-2948

  Hendon, Harry H ^a   Wheeler, Matthew C ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COHERENT LIGHT; GRAVITY WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

BACKGROUND SPECTRUMS; BAROTROPIC; DECORRELATION; DEEP CONVECTIONS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; LOGARITHMIC FREQUENCIES; NOISE PROCESSES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; SPECTRAL PEAKS; TIME COHERENCES; TROPICAL CONVECTIONS; ZONAL WINDS;

POWER SPECTRUM;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 56849112749     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2675.1     Document Type: Article

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