A minimal model of QBO-like oscillation in a stratosphere-troposphere coupled system under a radiative-moist convective quasi-equilibrium state

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-116

  Yoden, Shigeo ^a   Bui, Hoang Hai ^a,b   Nishimoto, Eriko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 84920690897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2014-023     Document Type: Article

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