The Antarctic stratospheric sudden warming of 2002: A self-tuned resonance?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Esler, J Gavin ^a   Polvani, L M ^b   Scott, R K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS;

BOUNDARY FORCING; PLANETARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33750621191     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026034     Document Type: Article

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