A comparison of reanalyses in the tropical stratosphere. Part 1: thermal structure and the annual cycle

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 631-644

  Pawson, S ^a,c   Fiorino, M ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032414070     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050246     Document Type: Article

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