Thermal variability of the tropical tropopause region derived from GPS/MET observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Randel, William J ^a   Wu, Fei ^a   Rivera Ríos, Waleska ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold point; Convection; Gravity waves; Kelvin waves; Tropical tropopause

Indexed keywords

GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0347269077     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002595     Document Type: Article

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