The role of planetary waves in the downward influence of stratospheric final warming events

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2826-2843

  Sun, Lantao ^a   Robinson, Walter A ^b   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Interannual variability; Planetary waves; Seasonal variability; Stratophere troposphere coupling; Stratospheric circulation

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PLANETARY WAVES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

TROPOSPHERE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84862908450     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-014.1     Document Type: Article

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