Representation of the tropical stratospheric zonal wind in global atmospheric reanalyses

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6681-6699

  Kawatani, Yoshio ^a   Hamilton, Kevin ^b   Miyazaki, Kazuyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Masatomo ^c   Anstey, James A ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84973341982     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-6681-2016     Document Type: Article

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