Sunspots, the QBO and the stratosphere in the North Polar Region - 20 years later

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-363

  Labitzke, Karin ^a   Kunze, Markus ^a   Brönnimann, Stefan ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUNSPOT;

ARCTIC; NORTH POLE;

EID: 33745826674     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0136     Document Type: Article

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