On meridional circulation and heat budget of the troposphere over the Equatorial Central Pacific

Stefan L. Hastenrath

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v23i1.10294

On meridional circulation and heat budget of the troposphere over the Equatorial Central Pacific

Tellus

Volume 23 (1971): Issue 1

By: Stefan L. Hastenrath

Open Access

|Jan 1971

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