Stratospheric semi-decadal oscillations in NCEP data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2143-2157

  Mayr, H G ^a   Mengel, J G ^b   Huang, F T ^c   Talaat, E R ^d   Nash, E R ^b   Reddy, C A ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 49149122059     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2143-2008     Document Type: Article

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