Growth of planetary waves and the formation of an elevated stratopause after a major stratospheric sudden warming in a T213L256 GCM

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Tomikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Sato, Kaoru ^b   Watanabe, Shingo ^c   Kawatani, Yoshio ^c   Miyazaki, Kazuyuki ^c   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; RECOVERY;

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; DOWN-WELLING; FLUX DIVERGENCES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR-NIGHT JET; RECOVERY PHASE; RECOVERY PROCESS; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; THERMAL WINDS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC WAVE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAVITY WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84865518174     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017243     Document Type: Article

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