Stratospheric vacillations in a general circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1858-1872

  Christiansen, Bo ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STRATOSPHERIC VACILLATION;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CIRCULATION MODELING; OSCILLATING FLOW; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032695407     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1858:SVIAGC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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