Cooling trend of the tropical cold point tropopause temperatures and its implications

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1511-1522

  Zhou, X L ^a   Geller, M A ^a   Zhang, M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0035048798     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jd900472     Document Type: Article

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