Solar and QBO influences on the timing of stratospheric sudden warmings

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2777-2796

  Gray, Lesley J ^a   Crooks, Simon ^b   Pascoe, Charlotte ^c   Sparrow, Sarah ^b   Palmer, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUN; WAVEGUIDES; WIND;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO); SOLAR CYCLES (SC); STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS (SSW);

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 11844279650     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3297.1     Document Type: Article

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