A model of transport across the tropical tropopause

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 765-779

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a,c   Dessler, Andrew E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

FLOW MODELING; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0035308257     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0765:AMFTAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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