Simulation of the December 1998 stratospheric major warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2733-2736

  Manney, G L ^a,f   Lahoz, W A ^b,e   Swinbank, R ^c   O'Neill, A ^b,e   Connew, P M ^d   Zurek, R W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ctr for Global Atmosph Modelling   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f M/S 183 701   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; GEOPHYSICS;

STRATOSPHERIC MAJOR WARMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL MECHANISTIC MODEL SIMULATIONS; WINTER; ZONAL MEAN EASTERLIES; MECHANISTIC MODEL SIMULATION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; ZONAL MEANS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH SCIENCES;

STRATOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 0033402876     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900516     Document Type: Article

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