The effect of climate change on the variability of the northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2608-2618

  Mitchell, Daniel M ^a   Osprey, Scott M ^a   Gray, Lesley J ^a   Butchart, Neal ^b   Hardimanm, Steven C ^b   Charlton Perez, Andrew J ^c   Watson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Planetary waves; Potential vorticity; Stratospheric circulation

Indexed keywords

FULLY-COUPLED; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KEY LINKS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SURFACE CLIMATE; VORTEX DISPLACEMENTS; VORTEX STRUCTURES; ZONAL MEANS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84866130820     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-021.1     Document Type: Article

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