The polar summer tropopause inversion layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2572-2581

  Randel, William J ^a   Wu, Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Inversions; Radiative fluxes; Seasonal variability; Summer warm season; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

INVERSIONS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; TROPOPAUSE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

WATER VAPOR;

BOUNDARY LAYER; INVERSION LAYER; POLAR REGION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 77958609415     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3430.1     Document Type: Article

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