Sensitivity of the boreal winter circulation in the middle atmosphere to the quasi-biennial oscillation in MAECHAM5 simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Calvo, Natalia ^a   Giorgetta, M A ^b   Pena Ortiz C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34547593926     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007844     Document Type: Article

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