Tropospheric precursors and stratospheric warmings

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1780-1790

  Cohen, Judah ^a   Jones, Justin ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMPOSITING; ENERGY FLUXES; EURASIA; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SIBERIAN HIGHS; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; VORTEX DISPLACEMENTS; VORTEX SPLIT;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; VORTEX FLOW;

TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISPLACEMENT; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING; POLAR VORTEX; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

SIBERIA;

EID: 84863411120     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00701.1     Document Type: Article

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