Convectively coupled waves propagating along an equatorial ITCZ

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2237-2255

  Dias, Juliana ^a   Pauluis, Olivier ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION EQUATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COUPLED WAVES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KELVIN WAVES; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION RATES; PROPAGATION SPEED; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SHALLOW WATERS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOISTURE; WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70349272733     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3020.1     Document Type: Article

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