Causes of exceptional atmospheric circulation changes in the Southern Hemisphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Stott, Peter A ^b   Turner, John ^a   Connolley, William M ^a   King, John C ^a   Lachlan Cope, Thomas A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCINGS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODE (SAM);

ATMOSPHERICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 4644352644     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019952     Document Type: Article

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