q 1999 American Meteorological Society Climatology of Arctic and Antarctic Polar Vortices Using Elliptical Diagnostics

The climatological structure, and interannual variability, of the Arctic and Antarctic stratospheric polar vortices are examined by analysis of elliptical diagnostics applied to over 19 yr of potential vorticity data. The elliptical diagnostics define the area, center, elongation, and orientation of...

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Main Authors: Darryn W. Waugh, William J. Randel
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.538.6195
http://www.jhu.edu/~dwaugh1/papers/Waugh_Randel_JAS99.pdf