A Northern Hemispheric climatology of indices for clear air turbulence in the tropopause region derived from ERA40 reanalysis data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Jaeger, Eric B ^a   Sprenger, M ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW PATTERNS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW PATTERN; JET; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 37349085375     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008189     Document Type: Article

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