The influence of the 11-year solar cycle on the quasi-biennial oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  McCormack, J P ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SOLAR ENERGY;

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS (QBO); SOLAR CYCLES; 11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; INTERACTIVE MODELING; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SOLAR MINIMA;

GEOPHYSICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FORCING; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0942299888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018314     Document Type: Article

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