Seasonal asymmetry of the low- and middle-latitude QBO circulation anomaly

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1140-1153

  Kinnersley, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE LAYER; WIND;

EQUATORIAL ZONAL WIND; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; THERMAL WIND;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONALITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0033133551     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1140:SAOTLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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