The February 2010 Arctic Oscillation Index and its stratospheric connection

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 669, 2012, Pages 1961-1969

  Ripesi, P ^a   Ciciulla, F ^b   Maimone, F ^b   Pelino, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNMCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baroclinic activity index; Hemispheric teleconnections; Sudden stratospheric warmings

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY INDEX; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC; GEOPOTENTIALS; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; NEGATIVE VALUES; REANALYSIS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; TELECONNECTIONS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC MODE; GEOPOTENTIAL; INDEX METHOD; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 84871633201     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1935     Document Type: Article

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