Improved predictability of the troposphere using stratospheric final warmings

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Hardiman, Steven C ^a   Butchart, Neal ^a   Charlton Perez, Andrew J ^b   Shaw, Tiffany A ^c   Akiyoshi, Hideharu ^d   Baumgaertner, Andreas ^e   Bekki, Slimane ^f   Braesicke, Peter ^g   Chipperfield, Martyn ^h   Dameris, Martin ⁱ   Garcia, Rolando R ^j   Michou, Martine ^k   Pawson, Steven ^l   Rozanov, Eugene ^m,n   Shibata, Kiyotaka ^o  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^l NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^m WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

ⁿ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^o METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE MODELS; SEA LEVEL; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; EXTRATROPICS; IMPROVED PREDICTABILITY; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; REANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; TROPOSPHERIC CLIMATE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; REFRACTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 80053605839     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015914     Document Type: Article

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