Atmospheric blocking signatures in total ozone and ozone miniholes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3967-3983

  Barriopedro, David ^a   Antón, Manuel ^b,c   García, José Agustín ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; EASTERN PACIFIC; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGH LATITUDES; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OZONE CONTENT; OZONE MINIHOLES; OZONE REDUCTION; POLAR VORTEX; REANALYSIS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TOTAL OZONE; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

OZONE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; POLAR VORTEX; TOTAL OZONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77958083568     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3508.1     Document Type: Article

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