Influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation and El Nio-Southern Oscillation on the frequency of sudden stratospheric warmings

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Richter, Jadwiga H ^a   Matthes, Katja ^b,c   Calvo, Natalia ^d,e   Gray, Lesley J ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SOLAR ENERGY; VOLCANOES;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; CONTROL SIMULATION; FORCINGS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR REGION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WARMING;

EID: 80155144640     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015757     Document Type: Article

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