Do stable atmospheric layers exist?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lovejoy, S ^a,b   Tuck, A F ^c   Hovde, S J ^c   Schertzer, D ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Universite Paris Est   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; DROP SONDE DATA;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; INSTABILITY; MODELING;

EID: 41549113901     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032122     Document Type: Article

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