Solar impact on the lower mesospheric subtropical jet: A comparative study with general circulation model simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a   Matthes, Katja ^b   Shibata, Kiyotaka ^a   Langematz, Ulrike ^b   Kuroda, Yuhji ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; 11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; JET; MESOSPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 0042691659     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016124     Document Type: Article

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