A global view of the extratropical tropopause transition layer from Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer O3, H2O, and CO

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hegglin, M I ^a   Boone, C D ^b   Manney, G L ^c,d   Walker, K A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BOLOMETERS; CLOUDS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

ACE-FTS; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; CO MEASUREMENTS; EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GLOBAL BEHAVIORS; GLOBAL VIEW; INVERSION LAYER; LOCAL MINIMUMS; POLAR REGIONS; RELATIVE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIC STABILITY; TRANSITION LAYERS; TROPOPAUSE REGION;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INVERSION LAYER; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649133589     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009984     Document Type: Article

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