Exploring the stratospheric/tropospheric response to solar forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Rind, D ^a   Lean, J ^b   Lerner, J ^c   Lonergan, P ^c   Leboissitier, A ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; JETS; OZONE LAYER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; UPWELLING; WARMING;

EID: 62149129641     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010114     Document Type: Article

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