QBO cycle identified by changes in height profile of the zonal winds: New regularities

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Gabis, I ^a   Troshichev, Oleg A ^a  

^a ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Equatorial stratosphere; Height wind profiles; Maximal ozone content layer; Quasi biennial oscillations; Temperature variations; Zonal winds

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

EQUINOX SEASONS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS (QBO) CYCLES; SOLSTICE; WIND REVERSAL;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; WIND PROFILE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 11244270479     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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