Mass and water transport into the tropical stratosphere: A cloud-resolving simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Küpper, Christoph ^a   Thuburn, John ^a   Craig, George C ^a   Birner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Stratospheric water vapor cumulus mass flux

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; CUMULUS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 4143115614     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004541     Document Type: Article

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