Distribution of tropical cirrus in relation to convection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Massie, Steven ^a,c   Gettelman, Andrew ^a,c   Randel, William ^a,c   Baumgardner, Darrel ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cirrus; Convection; Equatorial; Satellite; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; SATELLITES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CIRRUS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0141470512     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001293     Document Type: Article

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