Tropopause characteristics over a southern subtropical site, Reunion Island (21°S, 55°S): Using radiosondeozonesonde data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Sivakumar, Venkataraman ^a   Baray, J L ^a,b   Baldy, S ^a   Bencherif, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; OZONE; WIND;

JET STREAM; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONESONDE; RADIOSONDE; TROPOPAUSE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 34547963407     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006430     Document Type: Article

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