Distribution and influence of convection in the tropical tropopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages

  Gettelman, A ^a   Salby, M L ^b   Sassi, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33745249313     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001048     Document Type: Article

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