The heat balance of the tropical tropopause, cirrus, and stratospheric dehydration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1969-1972

  Hartmann, D L ^a   Holton, J R ^a   Fu, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DEHYDRATION; RADIATION; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE ANVIL CLOUDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CIRRUS; DEHYDRATION; HEAT BALANCE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0035874443     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012833     Document Type: Article

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