Dynamical forcing of subseasonal variability in the tropical Brewer-Dobson circulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3439-3453

  Abalos, Marta ^a,c   Randel, William J ^b   Serrano, Encarna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Stratospheric circulation; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DOWNWELLING; MOMENTUM; PLANETARY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; UPWELLING;

EID: 84906761479     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0366.1     Document Type: Article

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