The morphology of the Brewer-Dobson circulation and its response to climate change in CMIP5 simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 683, 2014, Pages 1958-1965

  Hardiman, Steven C ^a   Butchart, Neal ^a   Calvo, Natalia ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brewer Dobson circulation; CMIP5; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CMIP5; EQUATORWARD SHIFT; LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIONARY WAVES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84904863685     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2258     Document Type: Article

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