A numerical study of tropical cross-tropopause transport by convective overshoots

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1731-1740

  Chaboureau, J P ^a   Cammas, J P ^a   Duron, J ^a   Mascart, P J ^a   Sitnikov, N M ^b   Voessing, H J ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 34147188608     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-1731-2007     Document Type: Article

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