A general circulation model study of the impact of a stratospheric sudden warming event on tropical convection

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-200

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a,b   Mukougawa, Hitoshi ^c   Kuroda, Yuhji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84921389748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2011-050     Document Type: Article

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