Lower stratospheric temperature differences between meteorological analyses in two cold Arctic winters and their impact on polar processing studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Manney, Gloria L ^a,b   Sabutis, Joseph L ^b   Pawson, Steven ^c,d   Santee, Michelle L ^a   Naujokat, Barbara ^e   Swinbank, Richard ^f   Gelman, Melvyn E ^g   Ebisuzaki, Wesley ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorological analyses; Polar processing; Stratosphere; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0346639273     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001149     Document Type: Article

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