Morphology of tropical upwelling in the lower stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2360-2374

  Geller, Marvin A ^a   Zhou, Tiehan ^a,b   Hamilton, Kevin ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; CLIMATE MODELLING; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY FORCING; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MECHANISTIC MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATIONS; SENSITIVI TY TESTS; SURF ZONES; WAVE DRAGS;

WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 52049118567     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2421.1     Document Type: Article

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