A regional modeling study of the diurnal cycle in the lower troposphere in the south-eastern tropical Pacific

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1899-1922

  Toniazzo, Thomas ^a   Sun, Fengpeng ^b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^b   Hall, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal circulations; Diurnal cycle; Gravity waves; South eastern Pacific

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84884704778     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1598-3     Document Type: Article

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