The diurnal cycle of convection, clouds, and water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2173-2176

  Soden, B J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLOUD; CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE; CLOUDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DEEP CONVECTION; OCEAN CONVECTION; TROPICAL WATERS; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

WATER VAPOR; TROPOSPHERE;

DIURNAL CYCLE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0034352701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011436     Document Type: Article

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