Semiannual cycle in zonal wind over the equatorial Indian Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6471-6485

  Ogata, Tomomichi ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Monsoons; Planetary boundary layer; Tropics; Wind

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC HEATING; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MOMENTUM BUDGET; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; MONSOONS; OCEAN MODEL; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRIMITIVE MODEL; SOMALIA; SURFACE FRICTION; ZONAL CURRENTS; ZONAL WIND;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; TROPICS; WIND;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIABATIC PROCESS; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOMALIA;

EID: 84155175722     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4243.1     Document Type: Article

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