Regional stratospheric warmings in the Pacific-Western Canada (PWC) sector during winter 2004/2005: Implications for temperatures, winds, chemical constituents and the characterization of the Polar vortex

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3597-3622

  Manson, A H ^a   Meek, C E ^a   Chshyolkova, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WIND;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 56749090745     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3597-2008     Document Type: Article

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