Characteristics of tropopause folds over Arctic latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Rao, T Narayana ^a,b   Kirkwood, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; BALLOON OBSERVATION; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 27744491363     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005374     Document Type: Article

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