Onset of circulation anomalies during stratospheric vortex weakening events: The role of planetary-scale waves

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7347-7370

  Martineau, Patrick ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Large scale motions; Stratosphere; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Stratospheric circulation; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; LARGE SCALE MOTION; LINEAR INTERFERENCE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; TRANSFORMED EULERIAN MEANS;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84964816005     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00478.1     Document Type: Article

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