The early major warming in December 2001 - Exceptional?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 19-1-19-4

  Naujokat, B ^a   Kruger K ^a   Matthes, K ^a   Hoffmann, J ^a   Kunze, M ^a   Labitzke, K ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN ENGINEERING; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROSSBY WAVES;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WARMING; WINTER;

EID: 0036871242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015316     Document Type: Article

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