Why might stratospheric sudden warmings occur with similar frequency in El Nio and la Nia winters?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Garfinkel, C I ^a   Butler, A H ^b   Waugh, D W ^a   Hurwitz, M M ^c,d   Polvani, L M ^e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^f International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; DATA SETS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR VORTEX; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; SEASONAL MEAN; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; TELECONNECTIONS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; TELECONNECTION; WARMING; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

NIA;

EID: 84867562287     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017777     Document Type: Article

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