Variations of the residual circulation in the Northern Hemispheric winter

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Tegtmeier, Susann ^a,b   Kruger K ^a,c   Wohltmann, I ^a   Schoellhammer, K ^a   Rex, M ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATOLOGY; DIABATIC PROCESS; METEOROLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING; HEATING RATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE ACTIVITY; DIABATIC; DIABATIC HEATING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; POLAR VORTEX; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; VERTICAL TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL WIND; ZONAL STRUCTURE;

TIME SERIES;

EID: 84905338826     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009518     Document Type: Article

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