The circulation response to idealized changes in stratospheric water vapor

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 545-561

  Maycock, Amanda C ^a   Joshi, Manoj M ^a   Shine, Keith P ^a   Scaife, Adam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; BOREAL WINTERS; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION CHANGES; EXTRATROPICAL; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MERIDIONAL DIPOLE; MIDLATITUDES; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL JET; SURFACE CLIMATE; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; WAVE DRAGS; ZONAL WIND; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

VAPORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84872975471     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00155.1     Document Type: Article

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