Changes in tropopause height for the Eurasian region determined from CARDS radiosonde data

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 603-609

  Añel, Juan A ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^a   De La Torre, Laura ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parallel climate model; Radiosonde data; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEIGHT; HOMOGENEITY; METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIOSONDE; TROPOPAUSE;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANO;

ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BODY HEIGHT; CLIMATE; EUROPE; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA;

EID: 33751406480     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0147-5     Document Type: Article

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