A study of a self-generated stratospheric sudden warming and its mesospheric-lower thermospheric impacts using the coupled TIME-GCM/CCM3

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Liu, H L ^a   Roble, R G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; General circulation model; Mesosphere and lower thermosphere; Stratospheric sudden warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044438902     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001533     Document Type: Article

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