Dynamical mechanisms for stratospheric influences on the troposphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1711-1725

  Song, Yucheng ^a   Robinson, Walter A ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DAMPING; EDDY CURRENTS; SURFACE WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

TRANSIENT EDDIES; TROPOSPHERIC RESPONSES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TORQUE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 4344583111     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1711:DMFSIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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