The quasi-biennial oscillation: Analysis using ERA-40 data

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Pascoe, Charlotte L ^a   Gray, Lesley J ^b   Crooks, Simon A ^c   Juckes, Martin N ^a   Baldwin, Mark P ^d  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

TRIXIS;

EID: 17744370967     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004941     Document Type: Article

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