Structure and characteristics of submonthly-scale waves along the Indian Ocean ITCZ

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1819-1839

  Fukutomi, Yoshiki ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^b  

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

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indian ocean; Intertropical convergence zone; Submonthly scale variability; Tropical wave disturbances

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIMESCALE; WAVE FORCE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY; WESTERLY;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); MADAGASCAR; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84875725973     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1417-x     Document Type: Article

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