On the identification of the downward propagation of arctic stratospheric climate change over recent decades

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2789-2799

  Ivy, Diane J ^a   Solomon, Susan ^a   Thompson, David W J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICAL COUPLING; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS;

TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPOTENTIAL; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 84898046325     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00445.1     Document Type: Article

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