Interannual variability of the north polar vortex in the lower stratosphere during the UARS mission

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-292

  Zurek, R W ^a   Manney, G L ^a   Miller, A J ^b,c   Gelman, M E ^b,c   Nagatani, R M ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH POLAR VORTEX; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENT; UARS; VORTEX OZONE LOSS;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DAILY TEMPERATURES; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POLAR VORTEX; SOUTHERN WINTER;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0029729115     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03336     Document Type: Article

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