A possible influence of equatorial winds on the September 2002 Southern Hemisphere sudden warming event

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 651-667

  Gray, Lesley ^a   Norton, Warwick ^a   Pascoe, Charlotte ^b   Charlton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EQUATORIAL WINDS; MIDWINTER WARMINGS; PLANETARY WAVES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (SH);

WIND EFFECTS;

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

EID: 17044385736     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3339.1     Document Type: Article

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