Trospheric impact of reflected planetary waves from the stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a,b   Mukougawa, Hitoshi ^c   Itoh, Shingo ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; REFLECTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC; COLD WEATHERS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; PLANETARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMING; STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; WAVE ACTIVITIES; WIND SHEARS; ZONAL PROPAGATIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WESTERLY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 56449095671     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034575     Document Type: Article

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