ENSO influence on QBO modulations of the tropical tropopause

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 682, 2014, Pages 1670-1676

  Yuan, Wei ^a   Geller, Marvin A ^a   Love, Peter T ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENSO modulation; QBO; Tropical tropopause

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUDS; TROPOSPHERE;

QBO; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SHEAR CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

MODULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84904865678     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2247     Document Type: Article

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