Interannual variations of stationary planetary wave activity in the northern winter troposphere and stratosphere and their relations to NAM and SST

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Wen ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b   Graf, Hans F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interannual variation; Planetary waves; SST

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WINTER;

EID: 1642387743     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003834     Document Type: Article

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