Convective impact on temperatures observed near the tropical tropopause

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1847-1856

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a   Horinouchi, Takeshi ^b   Zeleznik, Heidi A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TROPOSPHERE;

INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COOLING; DIABATIC PROCESS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0141796463     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1847:CIOTON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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