The splitting of the stratospheric polar vortex in the Southern Hemisphere September 2002: Dynamical evolution

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 590-602

  Charlton, Andrew J ^a   O'Neill, Alan ^a   Lahoz, William A ^a   Berrisford, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VOTRICITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (SH); TROPOSPHERE-STRATOSPHERE SYSTEM;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POLAR VORTEX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

EID: 17044383340     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3318.1     Document Type: Article

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