Intraseasonal variability of the zonal-mean tropical tropopause height

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2695-2706

  Son, Seok Woo ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34547778345     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3982A.1     Document Type: Article

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