Stratosphere-troposphere coupling during spring onset

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4891-4901

  Black, Robert X ^a   McDaniel, Brent A ^a   Robinson, Walter A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; POLAR VORTEX BREAKDOWN; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC FINAL WARMINGS (SFWS);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COUPLING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POLAR VORTEX; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33750252976     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3907.1     Document Type: Article

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