Utility of Hovmöller diagrams to diagnose Rossby wave trains

Ilona Glatt; Andreas Dörnbrack; Sarah Jones; Julia Keller; O. Martius; Aurelia Müller; Dieter H. W. Peters; Volkmar Wirth

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00541.x

Utility of Hovmöller diagrams to diagnose Rossby wave trains

Volume 63 (2011): Issue 5

By: Ilona Glatt, Andreas Dörnbrack, Sarah Jones, Julia Keller, O. Martius, Aurelia Müller, Dieter H. W. Peters and Volkmar Wirth

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