Structure and origin of the quasi-biweekly oscillation over the tropical Indian Ocean in boreal spring

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1965-1982

  Wen, Min ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Zhang, Renhe ^a   Qi, Yanjun ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; BOREAL SPRING; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; INDIAN OCEAN; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; REANALYSIS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; VERTICAL CIRCULATION; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LONGWAVE RADIATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77955549161     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3105.1     Document Type: Article

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