An analysis of trends in the boreal winter mean tropospheric circulation during the second half of the 20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Greatbatch, R J ^a   Gollan, G ^a   Jung, T ^b  

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

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OZONE LAYER; TROPICS;

20TH CENTURY; BOREAL WINTERS; EXTRATROPICAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OZONE DEPLETION; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; TIME-SCALES; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE DEPLETION; SEA ICE; STRATOSPHERE; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

EID: 84864046164     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052243     Document Type: Article

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