On the seasonal dependence of tropical lower-stratospheric temperature trends

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2643-2653

  Fu, Q ^a,b   Solomon, S ^c   Lin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 77949675059     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2643-2010     Document Type: Article

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