Stratospheric ozone and the morphology of the northern hemisphere planetary waveguide

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-576

  Albers, John R ^a   Mccormack, John P ^b   Nathan, Terrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; MORPHOLOGY; OZONE LAYER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VORTEX FLOW; WAVEGUIDES;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX VECTORS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84884869888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017937     Document Type: Article

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