Impact of climate change on stratospheric sudden warmings as simulated by the Canadian Middle Atmosphere model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5449-5463

  Mclandress, Charles ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; MEAN-WINDS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STANDARD METHOD; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDE; TRANSIENT CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WESTERLY; WIND FORCING; WINTER;

CANADA;

EID: 76649124257     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3069.1     Document Type: Article

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