The influence of the QBO on the propagation of equatorial waves into the stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2959-2982

  Yang, Gui ying ^a,b   Hoskins, Brian ^b,c   Lesley, Gray ^a,d  

^a National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLOW; DOPPLER SHIFTING; EASTERN PACIFIC; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL CONVECTION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVE AMPLITUDES; ZONAL ASYMMETRY; ZONAL VARIATIONS; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; TROPOSPHERE;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84867926736     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0342.1     Document Type: Article

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