The structure and evolution of the stratospheric vortex in response to natural forcings

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, D M ^a   Gray, L J ^b   Charlton Perez, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLCANOES;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; DATA SETS; FORCINGS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

VORTEX FLOW;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VORTICITY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84860388915     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015788     Document Type: Article

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