Meteorology of the polar vortex: Spring 1997

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2693-2696

  Coy, Lawrence ^a,c   Nash, Eric R ^b,c   Newman, Paul A ^c  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

EDDY HEAT FLUXES; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVED VALUES; STRONG WINDS; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; WAVE ACTIVITY;

VORTEX FLOW; OZONE LAYER;

POLAR VORTEX; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER (TOMS);

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; POLAR VORTEX; TOMS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031277746     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52832     Document Type: Article

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