Stratospheric influence on upper tropospheric tropical cirrus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3209-3212

  Boehm, M T ^a   Verlinde, J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CIRRUS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; CLOUDS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PHASE PROPAGATION; RADIOSONDE DATAS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIOSONDE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0033625939     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011678     Document Type: Article

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