Transient tropospheric forcing of sudden stratospheric warmings

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3420-3432

  Sjoberg, Jeremiah P ^a   Birner, Thomas ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric; Dynamics; Quasigeostrophic models; Stratosphere; Waves

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER; FORCING AMPLITUDES; PLANETARY WAVES; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; REANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TIME-SCALES; WAVE-MEAN-FLOW INTERACTION;

ATMOSPHERICS; DYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVES;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84871997779     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0195.1     Document Type: Article

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