A new perspective on the dynamical link between the stratosphere and troposphere

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6666, 1998, Pages 471-474

  Hartley, Dana E ^a   Villarin, Jose T ^a   Black, Robert X ^a   Davis, Christopher A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE/TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOSPHERE DYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; WINTER;

EID: 0032576694     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35112     Document Type: Article

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