Stratospheric predictability and sudden stratospheric warming events

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Straus, David M ^a,b   Stan, Cristiana ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ERRORS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; ERROR GROWTH; FORECAST ERRORS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; TWIN EXPERIMENTS; WAVE GROUP; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERICS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 68849095258     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011277     Document Type: Article

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