Planetary waves in coupling the stratosphere and mesosphere during the major stratospheric warming in 2003/2004

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Pancheva, D ^a,b   Mukhtarov, P ^b   Mitchell, N J ^a   Merzlyakov, E ^c   Smith, A K ^d   Andonov, B ^b   Singer, W ^e   Hocking, W ^f   Meek, C ^g   Manson, A ^g   Murayama, Y ^h  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY WAVES; RADAR MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DATA ASSIMILATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAVITY WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 50049117997     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009011     Document Type: Article

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