Climatology and characteristics of stratospheric sudden warmings in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  De La Torre, Laura ^a,b   Garcia, Rolando R ^b   Barriopedro, David ^c,d   Chandran, Amal ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICAL FEATURES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OUTLIER CASE; POLAR CAP; REANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

EID: 84857737462     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016840     Document Type: Article

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