Simulations of dynamics and transport during the September 2002 Antarctic major warming

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 690-707

  Manney, Gloria L ^a,b   Sabutis, Joseph L ^b   Allen, Douglas R ^c   Lahoz, William A ^d   Scaife, Adam A ^e   Randall, Cora E ^f   Pawson, Steven ^g,h   Naujokat, Barbara ⁱ   Swinbank, Richard ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

ⁱ FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROCLINIC ZONES; DIPOLE PATTERNS; MECHANISTIC MODEL SIMULATION; MET OFFICE ANALYSES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 10244258748     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3313.1     Document Type: Article

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