Time-dependent upwelling in the tropical lower stratosphere estimated from the zonal-mean momentum budget

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2141-2152

  Randel, William J ^a   Garcia, Rolando R ^a   Wu, Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

TROPICAL UPWELLING;

TROPICS;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PLANETARY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS; UPWELLING;

EID: 0036647143     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<2141:TDUITT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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