On the tropospheric response to anomalous stratospheric wave drag and radiative heating

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2616-2629

  Thompson, David W J ^a   Furtado, Jason C ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^b  

^a Department of Systems Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DRAG;

MERIDIONAL REDISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERIC RESPONSE; WAVE DRAG;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DRAG; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DRAG; HEATING; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33750598610     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3771.1     Document Type: Article

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