Effect of the 1997 El Niño on the distribution of upper tropospheric cirrus

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D18, 2000, Pages 22725-22741

  Massie, Steven ^a   Lowe, Paul ^a   Tie, XueXi ^a   Hervig, Mark ^b,e   Thomas, Gary ^c   Russell III, James ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CIRRUS; EL NINO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 16644402276     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900322     Document Type: Article

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