Barometric Pressure Variations Associated with Eastern Pacific Tropical Instability Waves*
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Barometric Pressure Variations Associated with Eastern Pacific Tropical Instability Waves*
Barometric pressure, surface temperature, and wind time series in the eastern equatorial Pacific are analyzed to determine if oceanic tropical instability wave (TIW) sea surface temperature variations cause barometric pressure gradients large enough to influence the atmospheric boundary layer. During the study period from April 2001 to September 2002, 11 TIWs propagated westward past 110!W, cau...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Climate
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0894-8755,1520-0442
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3050:bpvawe>2.0.co;2