Solid-body rotation in the northern hemisphere summer stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Piani, C ^a   Norton, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANGULAR ROTATIONS; BAROTROPIC; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SMALL AMPLITUDE; SOLID-BODY ROTATION; THERMAL WINDS;

ROTATION;

EID: 0036946086     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016079     Document Type: Article

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