The SAO and Kelvin waves in the EuroGRIPS GCMS and the UK Met. Office analyses

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-114

  Amodei, M ^a   Pawson, S ^b,c   Scaife, A A ^d   Langematz, U ^e   Lahoz, W ^f   Li, Ding Min ^d   Simon, P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; tropical meterology; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5944228797     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-99-2001     Document Type: Article

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