Role of wave-mean flow interaction in sun-climate connections: Historical overview and some new interpretations and results

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1594-1605

  Nathan, Terrence R ^a   Albers, John R ^a   Cordero, Eugene C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11 year solar cycle; Solar irradiance; Stratospheric ozone; Wave mean flow interaction

Indexed keywords

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OZONE FIELDS; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SOLAR VARIABILITY; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WAVE-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; WAVE-MEAN-FLOW INTERACTION;

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; OSCILLATING FLOW; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79960034717     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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