Meridional and downward propagation of atmospheric circulation anomalies. Part II: Southern hemisphere cold season variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2343-2359

  Ren, R C ^a   Cai, Ming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; BAROTROPIC; COLD SEASONS; HIGH LATITUDES; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OUT-OF-PHASE; POLAR REGIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIC STABILITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT; ZONAL WIND ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 52049109884     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2594.1     Document Type: Article

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