Observations fo a convectively coupled Kelvin wave in the Eastern Pacific ITCZ From: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Straub, Katherine H; Kiladis, George N | Copyright American Meteorological Society Jan 1, 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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A case study of a convectively coupled Kelvin wave in the eastern Pacific intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is presented, as observed during the 1997 Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Tropical Eastern Pacific Process Study (TEPPS). The large-scale convective envelope associated with this disturbance, with a zonal scale of approximately 1000-2000 km, propagates eastward at 15 m s^sup -1^ along the mean convective axis of the ITCZ. This envelope consists of many smaller-s...

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