Sudden changes in the tropical stratospheric and tropospheric circulation during January 2009

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-290

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a,b   Eguchi, Nawo ^c   Lee, Jae N ^d   Kuroda, Yuhji ^a   Yukimoto, Seiji ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79960139514     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2011-308     Document Type: Note

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