Seasonal and interannual variations of temperature in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) over Indonesia based on operational rawinsonde data during 1992-1999

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Hashiguchi, N O ^a   Yamanaka, M D ^b,c   Ogino, S Y ^c   Shiotani, M ^a   Sribimawati, T ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEHYDRATION; EL NINO; LA NINA; RADIOSONDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33845963122     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006501     Document Type: Article

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