Planetary-wave-induced transport in the stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1456-1470

  Pendlebury, Diane ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PLANETARY-SCALE ROSSBY WAVES;

MECHANICAL WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0038757548     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1456:PTITS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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