The 11-year solar cycle in current reanalyses: A (non)linear attribution study of the middle atmosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6879-6895

  Kuchar, A ^a   Sacha, P ^a   Miksovsky, J ^a   Pisoft, P ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERE; NONLINEARITY; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84934991404     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6879-2015     Document Type: Article

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