Variability and trends in the global tropopause estimated from radiosonde data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Seidel, Dian J ^a   Randel, William J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DECADAL VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34249898513     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007363     Document Type: Article

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