Stratospheric influence on the tropospheric circulation revealed by idealized ensemble forecasts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Gerber, E P ^a   Orbe, C ^b   Polvani, L M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DYNAMICAL COUPLING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EQUATORWARD SHIFT; FORECAST MODEL; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDES; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; TROPOSPHERIC VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERICS; JETS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PREDICTION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 75649108494     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040913     Document Type: Article

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