Intraseasonal variability of the zonal-mean extratropical tropopause height

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 608-620

  Son, Seok Woo ^a,b   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BAROCLINIC MODE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33847670072     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3855.1     Document Type: Article

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