El Niño as a Natural Experiment for Studying the Tropical Tropopause Region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3375-3392

  Gettelman, A ^a   Randel, W J ^a   Massie, S ^a   Wu, F ^a   Read, W G ^b   Russell III, J M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003265072     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3375:ENOAAN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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