The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on the troposphere in winter in a hierarchy of models. part II: Perpetual winter WACCM runs

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2026-2041

  Garfinkel, Chaim I ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Quasibiennial oscillation; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Troposphere; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SURFACE WATERS; TROPOSPHERE;

HIGH-FREQUENCY EDDIES; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; WHOLE ATMOSPHERE COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; WINTER/COOL SEASONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; JET STREAM; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WIND; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79959645536     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3702.1     Document Type: Article

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