Phase alignment of the tropical stratospheric QBO in the annual cycle

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2627-2637

  Hampson, John ^a   Haynes, Peter ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

MOMENTUM FLUX; PHASE ALIGNMENT; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO);

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; UPWELLING;

EID: 10244224071     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3276.1     Document Type: Article

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