Routes of transport across the antarctic polar vortex in the southern spring

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 741-752

  de la Cámara, Alvaro ^a,b   Mancho, Ana M ^b   Ide, Kayo ^c   Serrano, Encarna ^a   Mechoso, Carlos R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagrangian circulation transport; Stratosphere; Stratospheric circulation

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC POLAR VORTEX; ANTARCTICA; CONTOUR DYNAMICS; DESCRIPTORS; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN CIRCULATION/TRANSPORT; LOBE DYNAMICS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; POLAR VORTEX; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84857204037     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0142.1     Document Type: Article

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