Moisture plumes above thunderstorm anvils and their contributions to cross-tropopause transport of water vapor in midlatitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Pao K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anvil top plumes; Cloud top gravity waves; Cross tropopause exchange; Gravity wave breaking; Moisture in the stratosphere; Stratosphere troposphere exchange of water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; THUNDERSTORM; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0346639304     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002581     Document Type: Article

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