How robust are trends in the Brewer-Dobson circulation derived from observed stratospheric temperatures?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3024-3040

  Ossó, Albert ^a   Sola, Yolanda ^a   Rosenlof, Karen ^b   Hassler, Birgit ^c   Bech, Joan ^a   Lorente, Jerónimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84945296640     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00295.1     Document Type: Article

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