Interannual variability and trends of extratropical ozone. Part I: Northern hemisphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3013-3029

  Jiang, Xun ^a,g   Pawson, Steven ^b   Camp, Charles D ^c   Nielsen, J Eric ^b,d   Shia, Run Lie ^a   Liao, Ting ^e   Limpasuvan, Varavut ^f   Yung, Yuk L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f Wall College of Business   (United States)

^g University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DECOMPOSITION; OZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNULAR MODES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; COLUMN OZONES; DATA PRODUCTS; DOBSON UNITS; DYNAMICAL EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITIONS; EUROPEANS; EXTRATROPICAL; GEOPOTENTIAL; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; MAIN MODES; NORTH POLES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR VORTICES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TOTAL COLUMN OZONES; TOTAL OZONES; WAVE NUMBERS;

GASES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EOS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 56849089424     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2665.1     Document Type: Article

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