The January 1992 stratospheric sudden warming: A role for tropical inertial instability?

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2575-2596

  Rosier, Suzanne M ^a   Lawrence, Bryan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inertial instability; Observations; Simulation; Stratosphere; Sudden warming

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 0033385516     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55911     Document Type: Article

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