The 4-day wave and transport of UARS tracers in the austral polar vortex

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3456-3470

  Manney, G L ^a   Orsolini, Y J ^b   Pumphrey, H C ^c   Roche, A E ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; SPECTROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WATER;

CRYOGEN LIMB ARRAY ETALON SPECTROMETERS (CLAES); MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDERS (MLS); TRAVELING WAVES;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; UARS; WINTER;

EID: 0033489841     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3456:TDWATO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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