Climatology of Arctic and Antarctic polar vortices using elliptical diagnostics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1594-1613

  Waugh, Darryn W ^a,c   Randel, William J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTARCTIC POLAR VORTICES; ELLIPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 0033149868     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1594:COAAAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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