Effects of the 11year solar cycle on middle atmospheric stationary wave patterns in temperature, ozone, and water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Gabriel, A ^a   Schmidt, H ^b   Peters, D H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC STATIONARY WAVES; CHEMISTRY MODELS; DATA SETS; GENERAL CIRCULATION; IN-PHASE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDES; POLAR LATITUDE; RADIATIVE HEATING; REANALYSIS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR MAXIMA; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR SIGNALS; SOLAR VARIABILITY; THREE PARAMETERS; WAVE DYNAMICS; WAVE-DRIVEN TRANSPORT; WEATHER FORECASTS; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; RADIATION BALANCE; SOLAR CYCLE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR; WAVE PROPERTY;

EUROPE;

EID: 83655164808     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015825     Document Type: Article

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