The Arctic vortex in March 2011: A dynamical perspective

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11447-11453

  Hurwitz, M M ^a,b   Newman, P A ^b   Garfinkel, C I ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LA NINA; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VORTEX FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 81355164448     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11447-2011     Document Type: Article

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