The dynamics of Northern Hemisphere stratospheric final warming events

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2932-2946

  Black, Robert X ^a   McDaniel, Brent A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EULER EQUATIONS; VORTICITY; WIND;

PIECEWISE POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERIC DECELERATION; STRATOSPHERIC FINAL WARMING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; EULER EQUATIONS; VORTICITY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34548182126     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3981.1     Document Type: Article

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