Changes in polar stratospheric temperature climatology in relation to stratospheric sudden warming occurrence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Gomez Escolar M ^a   Fueglistaler, S ^b   Calvo, N ^a   Barriopedro, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITES;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; VORTEX SPLIT; WINTER MONTHS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WINTER;

EID: 84870266448     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053632     Document Type: Article

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