Zonally symmetric oscillations in the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere during the winter of 2003-2004

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Pancheva, Dora V ^a   Mukhtarov, Plamen J ^b   Andonov, Borislav A ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE STRATOSPHERE; WAVE AMPLITUDE; ZONALLY SYMMETRIC PLANETARY WAVES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AMPLITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 34547976412     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028666     Document Type: Article

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