Convective mixing near the tropical tropopause: Insights from seasonal variations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2674-2685

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a   Dessler, Andrew E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEHYDRATION; HEAT CONVECTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONVECTIVE MIXING;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0345149443     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2674:CMNTTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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