Stratospheric sudden warmings and slowly propagating zonal-mean zonal wind anomalies

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D10, 2000, Pages 12351-12359

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a   Kuroda, Yuhji ^a   Pawson, Steven ^b,c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0033784627     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900095     Document Type: Article

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