Wave breaking along the stratospheric polar vortex as seen in ERA-40 data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Abatzoglou, John T ^a   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

HEMISPHERIC STRATOSPHERIC; PLANETARY WAVE BREAKING; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; VORTEX EDGE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CORRELATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 34250732907     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029509     Document Type: Article

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