The relevance of the location of blocking highs for stratospheric variability in a changing climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 531-549

  Ayarzagüena, Blanca ^a   Orsolini, Yvan J ^b   Langematz, Ulrike ^a   Abalichin, Janna ^a   Kubin, Anne ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; VORTEX FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHANGING CLIMATE; PLANETARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE-ACTIVITY FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; JET FLOW; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84921636401     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00210.1     Document Type: Article

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