Longitudinal variation of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-402

  Hamilton, Kevin ^a   Hetzog, Albert ^b   Vial, François ^b   Stenchikov, Georgiy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; EDDY CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS; ZONING;

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS (QBO); SINGAPORE; STRATOSPHERIC WIND;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 1842710187     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0383:LVOTSQ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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