The seasonal cycle of stratosphere-troposphere coupling at southern high latitudes associated with the semi-annual oscillation in sea-level pressure

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2323-2333

  Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polar night jet; Polar vortex; Southern hemisphere; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; JET STREAM; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE REFLECTION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 81455132381     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1014-4     Document Type: Article

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