Can the Delay in Antarctic Polar Vortex Breakup Explain Recent Trends in Surface Westerlies?

The authors test the hypothesis that recent observed trends in surface westerlies in the Southern Hemisphere are directly consequent on observed trends in the timing of stratospheric final warming events. The analysis begins by verifying that final warming events have an impact on tropospheric circu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sheshadri, Aditi, Plumb, R. Alan, Domeisen, Daniela I. V.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90314
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-1576
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9828-9484