The tropopause and the thermal stratification in the extratropics of a dry atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1317-1340

  Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; HEAT FLUX; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC MOTION; ENTROPY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATIFICATION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 3242664476     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1317:TTATTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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