Extreme variability of the stratospheric polar vortex

Over the last decade a number of studies have detected a degree of tropospheric predictability from knowledge of the stratospheric polar vortex, for example whether or not it is disturbed by planetary waves that propagate vertically from the troposphere, often resulting in sudden stratospheric warmi...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Daniel M.
Published: University of Reading 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.646015