Frozen-in anticyclones occurring in polar Northern Hemisphere during springtime: Characterization, occurrence and link with quasi-biennial oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Thieblemont R ^a   Huret, N ^a   Orsolini, Y J ^b   Hauchecorne, A ^c   Drouin, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR MASS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; HIGH LATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR LATITUDE; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; TRACER MEASUREMENT; TROPICAL REGIONS; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE;

TROPICS;

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; ANTICYCLONE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AURA (SATELLITE); CLIMATOLOGY; EASTERLY WAVE; ENVISAT-1; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; POLAR METEOROLOGY; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPICAL REGION; VORTICITY;

EID: 80155173184     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016042     Document Type: Article

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