A study of the zonally asymmetric tropospheric forcing of the austral vortex splitting during September 2002

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 384-394

  Peters, Dieter ^a   Vargin, Pawel ^b   Körnich, Heiner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; POLAR VORTEX; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34247258483     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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