Variability of large-scale atmospheric circulation indices for the northern hemisphere during the past 100 years

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-396

  Brönnimann, Stefan ^a   Stickler, Alexander ^a   Griesser, Thomas ^b   Fischer, Andreas M ^b   Grant, Andrea ^b   Ewen, Tracy ^b   Zhou, Tianjun ^b   Schraner, Martin ^b   Rozanov, Eugene ^b,c   Peter, Thomas ^b  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c PMODAVRC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION VARIABILITY; BOREAL WINTERS; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA SETS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DRIVING FACTORS; FORCINGS; HADLEY CELLS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INDIAN MONSOON; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NCEP/NCAR; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR VORTEX; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; SUBTROPICAL JET; SURFACE DATA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WALKER CIRCULATION; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

POMATIOPSIS CALIFORNICA;

EID: 77949391434     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0389     Document Type: Article

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