Vertical displacements induced by quasi-stationary waves in the Southern Hemisphere stratosphere during spring

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2279-2289

  Moustaoui, Mohamed ^a   Teitelbaum, H ^b   Valero, F P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

QUASI-STATIONARY WAVES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0242498644     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2279:VDIBQW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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