The final warming date of the Antarctic polar vortex and influences on its interannual variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5809-5819

  Haigh, Joanna D ^a   Roscoe, Howard K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC POLAR VORTEX; ANTARCTIC STATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NCEP REANALYSIS; OZONE LOSS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TOPDOWN; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEAK SIGNALS; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERICS; LINEAR REGRESSION; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WEATHER STATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77649291868     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2865.1     Document Type: Article

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