The interannual variability of temperature in the polar stratosphere during the winter: The influence of the QBO phase and an 11-yr solar cycle

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-477

  Soukharev, B E ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLAR STRATOSPHERE; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 0030715242     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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