Tracking and mean structure of easterly waves over the Intra-Americas Sea

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4823-4840

  Serra, Yolande L ^a   Kiladis, George N ^b   Hodges, Kevin I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTA RICA; EAST PACIFIC; EASTERLY WAVE; ENERGETICS ANALYSIS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; LOW LEVEL JET; MODELING STUDIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PROMINENT FEATURES; SOURCE OF ENERGY; WAVE SIGNATURES; ZONAL FLOWS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TRACKING; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL FLOW;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

SESBANIA SERICEA;

EID: 77958112760     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3223.1     Document Type: Article

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