A major stratospheric sudden warming event in January 2009

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2052-2069

  Harada, Yayoi ^a   Goto, Atsushi ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Fujikawa, Norihisa ^a   Naoe, Hiroaki ^b   Hirooka, Toshihiko ^c  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATA; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; EASTERN SIBERIA; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; EXCITED WAVES; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; NORTH PACIFIC; PLANETARY WAVES; SECOND DEVELOPMENT; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955545751     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3320.1     Document Type: Article

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