Observational evidence of a stratospheric influence on the troposphere by planetary wave reflection

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3011-3026

  Perlwitz, Judith ^a   Harnik, Nili ^b  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; REFLECTION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ZONAL-MEAN WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COUPLING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0242349782     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3011:OEOASI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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