A new perspective on MST radar observations of stratospheric intrusions into-troposphere associated with tropical cyclone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Das, Siddarth Shankar ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; RADAR; STORMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

GLOBAL DATA; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MESOSPHERE-STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE RADARS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRESSURE LEVEL; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR SITES; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERICS;

MESOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 70350026278     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039184     Document Type: Article

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