Transient characteristics of residual meridional circulation during stratospheric sudden warming

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-563

  Deng, Shumei ^a   Chen, Yuejuan ^b   Huang, Yong ^a   Luo, Tao ^b   Bi, Yun ^b  

^a Anhui Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

composite analysis; stratospheric sudden warming; transient residual meridional circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955778569     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0010-7     Document Type: Article

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