Troposphere-stratosphere coupling: Links to North Atlantic weather and climate, including their representation in CMIP5 models

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5864-5880

  Shaw, Tiffany A ^a   Perlwitz, Judith ^b,c   Weiner, Ori ^d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; SEA LEVEL; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; STATIONARY WAVE PATTERNS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING;

HEAT FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84902836600     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021191     Document Type: Article

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