The tropical tropopause

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 549, 1998, Pages 1579-1604

  Highwood, E J ^a   Hoskins, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0031791869     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54910     Document Type: Article

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