Climatology and trends in the forcing of the stratospheric zonal-mean flow

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12751-12771

  Monier, E ^a   Weare, B C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVE; JET FLOW; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TREND ANALYSIS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84555188468     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12751-2011     Document Type: Article

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