Dynamical response in the Northern Hemisphere midlatitude and high-latitude winter to the QBO simulated by CCSR/NIES CCM

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Yamashita, Yousuke ^a   Akiyoshi, Hideharu ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL LINES; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; EQUATORIAL STRATOSPHERE; EXTRATROPICAL; HIGH LATITUDES; LOW LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ZERO VALUES; ZONAL WIND;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; LATITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 79953676882     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015016     Document Type: Article

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