On the occurrence and evolution of extremely high temperatures at the polar winter stratopause - A GCM study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1467-1470

  Braesicke, Peter ^a,b   Langematz, Ulrike ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CLIMATE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; PROPAGATING WAVES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; POLAR METEOROLOGY; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 0034518009     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011431     Document Type: Article

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