Winter warmings, tides and planetary waves: Comparisions between CMAM (with interactive chemistry) and MFR-MetO observations and data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2493-2518

  Manson, A H ^a   Meek, C ^a   Chshyolkova, T ^a   McLandress, C ^b   Avery, S K ^c   Fritts, D C ^d   Hall, C M ^e   Hocking, W K ^f   Igarashi, K ^g   MacDougall, J W ^f   Murayama, Y ^g   Riggin, C ^d   Thorsen, D ^h   Vincent, R A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TIDE; WARMING; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; TROMS; TROMSO;

EID: 33751072643     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2493-2006     Document Type: Article

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