Wave forcing of the tropical upwelling in the lower stratosphere under increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3184-3196

  Calvo, Natalia ^a   Garcia, Rolando R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; CONCENTRATION OF; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; STATIONARY WAVES; TRANSIENT COMPONENTS; TRANSIENT WAVES; TRANSMISSIVITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVE COMPONENTS; WAVE EXCITATION; WAVE FORCING; WAVE STRUCTURES; WAVEFIELDS; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRAPPED WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; UPWELLING; WAVE FIELD; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 73549123026     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3085.1     Document Type: Article

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