Equatorial waves in opposite QBO phases

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 839-862

  Yang, Gui Ying ^a   Hoskins, Brian J ^a,b   Slingo, Julia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kelvin waves; Quasibiennial oscillation; Rossby waves; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Stratospheric circulation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

KELVIN WAVES; QUASIBIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVES; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; GRAVITY WAVES; LIGHT VELOCITY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPEED; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 79954995824     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3514.1     Document Type: Article

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