Seasonal and longitudinal variations in the tropical tropopause observed with the GPS occultation technique (GPS/MET)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 691-700

  Nishida, Masahiro ^a   Shimizu, Atsushi ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Rocken, Christian ^b   Ware, Randolph H ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0039622814     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.6_691     Document Type: Article

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