Observational evidence for asymmetric changes in tropospheric heights over Antarctica on decadal time scales

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Neff, William ^a   Perlwitz, Judith ^a,b   Hoerling, Martin ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLES;

ANTARCTIC STATIONS; ANTARCTICA; ASYMMETRIC CHANGES; CURRENT MODELS; DECADAL TIME SCALES; DECADAL VARIABILITIES; DYNAMICAL RESPONSES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; OCEAN COASTS; OZONE DEPLETIONS;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HALLEY STATION; INDIAN OCEAN; MCMURDO STATION; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 57849104488     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035074     Document Type: Article

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