Forcing of the quasi-biennial oscillation from a broad spectrum of atmospheric waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Giorgetta, Marco A ^a   Roeckner, Erich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACE CONSTITUENTS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0037092304     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014756     Document Type: Article

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