Tropospheric forcing of the stratosphere: A comparative study of the two different major stratospheric warmings in 2009 and 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Ayarzagüena, Blanca ^a   Langematz, Ulrike ^b   Serrano, Encarna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVE PACKETS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DRIVING MECHANISM; EASTERN PACIFIC; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; EXTERNAL FACTORS; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STATIONARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SUNSPOT CYCLES; TROPOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE FLUX; WAVE NUMBERS;

TROPOSPHERE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; SUNSPOT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE FORCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 80053605645     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015023     Document Type: Article

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