Evidence of the solar cycle in the general circulation of the stratosphere

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-46

  Salby, Murry ^a   Callaghan, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Atmospheric Systems and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND EFFECTS;

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS (QBO); SOLAR CYCLES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 1442315672     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0034:EOTSCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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