A stratospheric 'drain' over the maritime continent

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 677-680

  Sherwood, S C ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARITIME BOUNDARY; STRATOSPHERE;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY SINKS; MARITIME CONTINENT; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY; TIME-AVERAGED; UPWARD MOTION; WIND DATA;

CLOUDS; DROUGHT;

MARITIME CONTINENT; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0034353378     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010868     Document Type: Article

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