Forcing mechanism of the seasonally asymmetric quasi-biennial oscillation secondary circulation in ERA-40 and MAECHAM5

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Pena Ortiz C ^a   Ribera, P ^a   Garcia Herrera R ^b   Giorgetta, M A ^c   Garcia R R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

AUTUMN; CLIMATE FORCING; CORIOLIS FORCE; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SPRING (SEASON); WIND FORCING; ZONAL WIND; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; MESOSPHERE; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; SURF ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CELL STRUCTURE; CORIOLIS EFFECT; DATA SETS; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; FLUX DIVERGENCES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDES; MULTITAPER METHODS; PLANETARY WAVES; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SEASONALITY; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SINGLE-CELL STRUCTURES; SOUTHERN WINTER; SURF ZONES; ZONAL WIND;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 56249091121     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009288     Document Type: Article

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