An introduction to combined Fourier-wavelet transform and its application to convectively coupled equatorial waves

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1339-1356

  Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Convectively coupled equatorial waves; Interannual variability; Tropical convection; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; EQUATORIAL WAVE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906739413     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1949-8     Document Type: Article

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