Dynamical mechanism for the increase in tropical upwelling in the lowermost tropical stratosphere during warm ENSO events

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2331-2340

  Calvo, N ^a,b   Garcia, R R ^a   Randel, W J ^a   Marsh, D R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate models; Dynamics; El Nino; Gravity waves; Stratosphere; Tropics; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS WINDS; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; EL NINO; ENSO EVENTS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL GRADIENTS; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; PARAMETERIZED; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL JET; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OZONE; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WAVES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 77955571573     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3433.1     Document Type: Article

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