An unexpected disruption of the atmospheric quasi-biennial oscillation

Science

Volumn 353, Issue 6306, 2016, Pages 1424-1427

  Osprey, Scott M ^a   Butchart, Neal ^b   Knight, Jeff R ^b   Scaife, Adam A ^b,c   Hamilton, Kevin ^d   Anstey, James A ^e   Schenzinger, Verena ^a   Zhang, Chunxi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; JET FLOW; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; HEMISPHERE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARD; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 84988874928     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aah4156     Document Type: Article

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