Linear interference and the initiation of extratropical stratosphere-troposphere interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Karen L ^a   Kushner, Paul J ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUXES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LINEAR INTERFERENCE; NONLINEAR WAVES; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; QUASI-STATIONARY; REANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIONARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; VERTICAL FLUXES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE PATTERNS; WAVE-ACTIVITY FLUX; WAVEFIELDS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 84864072663     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017587     Document Type: Article

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