Tropical inversions near the 0°C level

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1838-1855

  Johnson, Richard H ^a   Ciesielski, Paul E ^a   Hart, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Offutt AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

0°C LEVEL; HUMIDITY; INVERSIONS; MOISTURE PERTURBATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TOGA COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPICS;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0030479911     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1838:TINTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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