The preconditioning of major sudden stratospheric warmings

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bancala S ^a   Kruger K ^a   Giorgetta, M ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; LONG TIME SERIES; MODEL DATA; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; PLANETARY WAVES; REANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TIME INTERVAL; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE NUMBERS;

TIME SERIES;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WAVE ACTION; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84857462066     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016769     Document Type: Article

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