Persistence of easterly wind during major stratospheric sudden warmings

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5258-5267

  Tomikawa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SURFACES; FLUX DIVERGENCES; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; POLAR-NIGHT JET; SHEAR INSTABILITY; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EASTERLY WAVE; JET STREAM; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77958082020     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3507.1     Document Type: Article

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