Quantifying the clear-sky temperature inversion frequency and strength over the Arctic Ocean during summer and winter seasons from AIRS profiles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5565-5572

  Devasthale, A ^a   Willen U ^a   Karlsson, K G ^a   Jones, C G ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA INVERSION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE SENSOR; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953848557     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5565-2010     Document Type: Article

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