On the upper tropospheric formation and occurrence of high and thin cirrus clouds during anticyclonic poleward Rossby wave breaking events

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-242

  Eixmann, Ronald ^a   Peters, Dieter H W ^a   ZÜlicke, Christoph ^a   Gerding, Michael ^a   Dörnbrack, Andreas ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LIDAR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WAVE BREAKING;

GERMANY; MECKLENBURG;

EID: 77955235947     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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