QBO as potential amplifier of solar cycle influence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Mayr, Hans G ^a   Mengel, John G ^b   Wolff, Charles L ^a   Porter, Hayden S ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POTENTIAL AMPLIFIER; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ZONAL CIRCULATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33646378665     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025650     Document Type: Article

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