Stratosphere-trotosphere coupling in a relatively simple AGCM: The role of eddies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 629-639

  Kushner, Paul J ^a   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^b,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EXTRATROPICAL COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC WAVES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COUPLING; EDDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 1642403079     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0629:SCIARS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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