Climate dynamics of atmosphere and ocean in the equatorial zone: A synthesis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1601-1612

  Hastenrath, Stefan ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^b  

^a Department of Political Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross equatorial wind; Equatorial oceans; Equatorial zonal circulation cells; Intertropical Convergence Zone; Intertropical Divergence Zone; Near equatorial cold tongue

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; INTERTROPICAL DIVERGENCE ZONE (ITDZ); SUMMER MONSOONS; ZONAL PRESSURE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CORIOLIS FORCE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRADE WIND; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

EID: 9744229997     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1086     Document Type: Article

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