Climatology and predictability of the late summer stratospheric zonal wind turnaround over Vanscoy, Saskatchewan

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-313

  Wunch, Debra ^a   Tingley, Martin P ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a   Drummond, James R ^a   Moore, G W K ^a   Strong, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 29744431534     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.430402     Document Type: Article

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