Effect of polar sudden stratospheric warming on the tropical stratosphere and troposphere and its surface signatures over the Indian region

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 105-106, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-29

  Resmi, E A ^a   Mohanakumar, K ^a   Appu, K S ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Latitudinal variation; Sudden stratospheric warming; Tropical response

Indexed keywords

INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; TROPICAL RESPONSE; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE;

COOLING; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84882758282     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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