Observed and simulated precursors of stratospheric polar vortex anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1443-1456

  Kolstad, Erik W ^a   Charlton Perez, Andrew J ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate models; Northern annular mode; Stationary waves; Stratosphere troposphere interactions; Stratospheric sudden warmings; Stratospheric variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; STANDING WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WARMING;

EURASIA;

EID: 80053324452     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0919-7     Document Type: Article

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