Structure and dynamics of the Quasi-biennial oscillation in MERRA-2

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 5339-5354

  Coy, Lawrence ^a,b   Wargan, Krzysztof ^a,b   Molod, Andrea M ^a,c   McCarty, William R ^a   Pawson, Steven ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation dynamics; Data assimilation; Models and modeling; Quasibiennial oscillation; Stratospheric circulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; NASA; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SIGNAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

DATA ASSIMILATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84973379019     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0809.1     Document Type: Article

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