The large-scale dynamics of the mesosphere-lower thermosphere during the Southern Hemisphere stratospheric warming of 2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Dowdy, Andrew J ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^a   Murphy, Damian J ^b   Tsutsumi, Masaki ^c   Riggin, Dennis M ^d   Jarvis, Martin J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL WARMING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

MESOSPHERE-LOWER THERMOSPHERE (MLT); STRATOSPHERIC REVERSAL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

MESOSPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WARMING; ZONAL WIND;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 4644243322     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020282     Document Type: Article

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