A climatology of tropopause folds by global analyses

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 181-200

  Eibern, H ^a   Hendricks, J ^a   Ebel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE FOLD; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031927069     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050023     Document Type: Article

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