The influence of observations propagated by convectively coupled equatorial waves

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 656, 2011, Pages 641-655

  Moteki, Qoosaku ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^a   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^a   Kubota, Hisayuki ^a   Yasunaga, Kazuaki ^a   Suzuki, Junko ^a   Seiki, Ayako ^a   Sato, Naoki ^b   Enomoto, Takeshi ^a   Miyoshi, Takemasa ^c   Yamane, Shozo ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALERA; Kelvin wave; MISMO; Observation impact; Signal propagation; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

ALERA; KELVIN WAVE; MISMO; OBSERVATION IMPACT; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; TYPHOON;

COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOSONDES;

HURRICANES;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; KALMAN FILTER; KELVIN WAVE; RADIOSONDE; ROSSBY WAVE; TRANSFORM; TYPHOON; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

DURIO ZIBETHINUS;

EID: 79955398988     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.779     Document Type: Article

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