Impact of stratospheric major warmings and the quasi-biennial oscillation on the variability of stratospheric water vapor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4599-4607

  Tao, Mengchu ^a   Konopka, Paul ^a   Ploeger, Felix ^a   Riese, Martin ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a   Volk, C Michael ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brewer Dobson circulation; quasi biennial oscillation; stratospheric major warming; stratospheric water vapor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOREAL WINTERS; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CHEMICAL LAGRANGIAN MODEL OF THE STRATOSPHERES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERIC MAJOR WARMING; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS;

WATER VAPOR;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DEHYDRATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84934443292     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064443     Document Type: Article

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