A study of the stratospheric major warming and subsequent flow recovery during the winter of 1979 with an isentropic vertical coordinate model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2630-2649

  Jung, J H ^a   Konor, C S ^a   Mechoso, C R ^a   Arakawa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE EFFECTS;

ISENTROPHIC; POTENTIAL ENSTROPHY;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WARMING; WINTER;

EID: 0035440518     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2630:ASOTSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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