Contributions of equatorial wave modes and parameterized gravity waves to the tropical QBO in HadGEM2

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1065-1090

  Kim, Y H ^a   Chun, H Y ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; HADLEY CELL; HEAT FLUX; KELVIN WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 84923652398     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022174     Document Type: Article

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