Planetary-scale wave activity as a source of varying tropospheric response to stratospheric sudden warming events: A case study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10,994-11,006

  Martineau, Patrick ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

climate; planetary waves; stratosphere; stratospheric sudden warming; vortex

Indexed keywords

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

CLIMATE; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; PLANETARY WAVES; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; TRANSFORMED EULERIAN MEANS; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84887160723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50871     Document Type: Article

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