Global perspective of the quasi-biweekly oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1340-1359

  Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; AUSTRALIA; BAROTROPIC; CENTRAL AMERICA; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES; INDIAN OCEANS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATIONS; MEAN FLOWS; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; PROPAGATING MODES; ROSSBY WAVES; SEASONAL MEANS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; TIME-SCALE; TRACKING METHODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; LIFE CYCLE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY; TRACKING;

EID: 64049117823     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2368.1     Document Type: Article

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